MPs express sorrow, solidarity with the LGBT community

'I have always in the back of my mind expected something like this,' says MP Rob Oliphant.

A mass shooting at an Orlando gay club on Sunday that left at least people 50 dead sparked an immense outpouring of sympathy and grief across the country, including from Parliamentarians. Liberal MPs Rob Oliphant and Randy Boissonnault, bottom and top right, participated in vigils in Toronto, top left, and Edmonton, respectively.Photos courtesy of the Twitter accounts of Rob Oliphant, Randy Boissonnault, and John Tory

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

June 15, 2016

Parliamentarians reacted with grief and sorrow to the mass shooting at an Orlando gay club this past weekend, expressing solidarity with the families affected and outrage at what many interpreted as an attack on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, and two-spirited community. "The ap...

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