As a citizen in a country, you are supposed to be able to trust the government to keep you safe and preserve your basic human rights. Imagine then being a citizen in a country, where your very own government discriminates you from others. You haven’t done anything wrong or been insufficient at your job. No, you are just as good as any other citizen, yet you don’t have the same human rights as the others. The only reason for this is because of who you are and the fact that you might share the same genitals as your sexual partners. That is exactly how many Canadian citizens have been treated by their own government for many years.
However, in 2017 the Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau wanted to bring awareness to the discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and two-spirit communities in Canada. In a speech delivered in the House of Commons, he gave a formal apology to these communities. In the speech, Trudeau apologizes on behalf of the Canadian government and explains how wrong it is for a government to treat its own citizens in this way. As a solution to this purge against the LGBTQ2-individuals, he proposes a new law and agreement to address purge-related issues. During the speech, he appears genuinely sorry and deeply affected by the discrimination against the LGBTQ2-Canadians and at one point he even sheds a tear. In this way, it appears as if he cares about the victims both professionally as the prime minister, but also personally as a fellow citizen. This is supported by him saying: “We were wrong. We apologize. I am sorry. We are sorry.” (l.69).
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