purpletigron

Reported by the BBC at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2999270.stm :

"The Canadian Government is to push for the legalisation of gay
marriages following a series of critical court rulings on the subject.

<...>

The bill is likely to face strong opposition from within Mr Chretien's
governing Liberal party and from the conservative province of
Alberta."

Thanks to

overconvergent for the heads
up and the link!

(BTW I emailed the Canadian Human Rights Committee Chair, Andy Scott,
and received a rapid reply from an assistant:" I wish to thank you for
your e-mail. Please be assured that it will be brought to Mr. Scott's
attention.", which could be read a number of ways :-)