Advocates call for feds to provide more detail on response to Uganda’s harsh new anti-LGBTQ law

'Calling for the repeal of the law is baseline,' says Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman, who wants to see a plan of action from the government.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has called for the repeal of Uganda's latest anti-LGBTQ law. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

June 7, 2023

Following cross-party condemnation of a new anti-LGBTQ law enacted in Uganda, advocates want to see the Canadian government publicize a plan to help safeguard LGBTQ+ Ugandans and target human rights abusers.

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