First, my invitation would be for all parties to not engage with anything queer or trans in the next federal election. Let's just set it in a corner. Let's get back to it after the writ is dropped and after that's all done, and then we can have these conversations and find a path forward. I do not want an election where queer and trans issues are mentioned once, because it will not work well for us.
Second, I would say that I welcomed the federal government's 2SLGTQ+ action plan. I will say, however, that I was disappointed with the amount of funding committed.
We're talking about millions of Canadians and their families. We're talking about a community that has gone through decades of state-sponsored discrimination and exclusion at times and a society that is still hostile to us, so I would invite further investment and deeper partnerships with queer and trans civil society.
We know our issues. We know the programs and interventions that address health, social and economic inequalities. We want to be in partnership with this government, whichever party forms government, to continue the progress we've been making since the 1960s.
Thank you.