(LifeSiteNews) — On June 9, Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the LGBT flag over occupied territory: Parliament Hill. The press—and some politicians—invariably describe the ceremony as an annual “tradition,” and this characterization is revelatory. This “tradition” is merely a decade old; when the first flag-raising was held in 2016, the CBC described it as a historic first: “Minister Justin Trudeau raised a Pride flag on Parliament Hill today for the first time in the country’s history.”

In post-Christian Canada, a decade is roughly how long it takes for a new “tradition” to emerge. Trudeau moved the LGBT agenda to the center not only of his government but to the center of Canada’s identity, constantly referencing it in speeches both foreign and domestic. He began the “tradition” of prime ministers marching in obscene LGBT parades, raising the flag, and genuflecting towards the LGBT movement at every opportunity. Carney was likely uncomfortable when he got hugged in Vancouver last year by a greasy fellow in a thong, but what was he to do? It’s tradition!

On Tuesday, Carney obediently gave his speech to the gathered politicians and activists at the flag-raising, and declared, once again, that his government has picked a side in the battle between the LGBT movement and those who oppose their agenda. He didn’t name those opponents explicitly, but he is referring to the Canadian parents speaking out about extremist sex education in schools, the journalists exposing “gender-affirming care,” and the handful of politicians willing to speak on behalf of those Canadians.

“One of the strengths of Canada is recognizing that people can be who they want to be and love who they want to love,” Carney declared. “The federal government — we are the defenders of those rights. Unfortunately, around the world, there’s a backlash struggling against the progress that has been made. In this time, Canada will always stand up for the vulnerable and the equal rights we cherish. We can take pride in how far we’ve come but we should also recognize there’s far more to do.”

That last line is Carney saying the quiet part out loud. Marriage was redefined on behalf of the LGBT movement decades ago. LGBT curriculum is mandatory in the public school system. Dissidents from LGBT ideology—think of Amy Hamm, or Barry Neufeld—are met with persecution and even prosecution. The LGBT movement receives a fortune in taxpayer dollars each year, and Carney announced even more funding at the flag-raising. So what does Carney mean when he says there is “far more to do”?

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I think he’s talking about legislation like Bill C-9. What Carney calls a “backlash” to the LGBT agenda is actually ordinary people complaining about the massive changes that have been imposed on Canada, top-down, over the past couple of decades—changes that have transformed the schools their children attend and resulted in the banner of an ideology they disagree with flapping from flagpoles from small towns to major cities. In Canada, the LGBT movement has conquered—but many people still disagree. That is a “backlash,” and thus there is still “far more to do.”

Bill C-9 passed the Senate on June 4 by a vote of 45 to 13. The sole amendment adopted to Bill C-9 added the “hangman’s noose” to a list of prohibited hate symbols, alongside Nazi symbols, on the premise that it was used to convey racist sentiments. (There is not a single recorded instance of a black person being lynched in all of Canadian history.) The concerns of a huge coalition of religious Canadians and civil society organizations about the removal of the “good faith” religious defense for hate crimes were ignored; the Human Rights Committee narrowly defeated Senator Yonah Martin’s proposed amendment to reinstate it.

Notably, Senator Yonah Martin attempted to mitigate the harm of Bill C-9 again in third reading, proposing an amendment to the clarification clause in which the government restated its commitment to religious freedom (inserted in response to the backlash). Martin proposed reinstating the phrase “in good faith.” Her amendment was rejected by a vote of 40 to 21. The intent of the senators in rejecting the amendment is, in my view, as clear as those of the MPs who have been so committed to removing the religious defense despite the outcry from their constituents and Canadians of all creeds.

Canadians have sent 240,000 postcards to senators urging them to oppose Liberal Bill C-9.

Until this morning, the Senate was hiding these postcards in a warehouse in Gatineau. This morning, they were moved to a Senate room, but they still aren’t being delivered to senators. pic.twitter.com/OC0nKtow3E

— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) June 4, 2026

Why is the Liberal government so committed to a policy that has triggered such a massive backlash? Prime Minister Mark Carney told us as he solemnly raised the flag of the LGBT movement at the heart of Canadian power: because there is still “far more to do.”