"I think we need to call out these kinds of comments, these kinds of positions, for what they are," the Ward 8 councillor said.

A Winnipeg reverend is calling Pope Francis' statement on same-sex civil unions a major step forward for the LGBTQ2 community and the Catholic church.

The change comes nearly a year after the diocese announced it would allow priests to perform same-sex marriages in its parishes.

Fitch says his church has performed three same-sex marriages even though the association asked in 2014 that pastors not conduct them.

Baird says social issues were "losers out there at the doorsteps" for the party around Toronto.

There was no vocal and enthusiastic pro-Scheer faction fighting for his job and no indication that any Conservatives are prepared to quit the party in disgust.

Since legalisation on May 24, more than 2,150 same-sex couples have married in Taiwan, government data shows.

Scheer's social conservativism was a perpetual line of attack from the Liberals during the campaign, a race whose tone and negativity Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said this week he regrets.

The Liberals are calling attention to Andrew Scheer’s 2005 speech on the same-sex marriage debate to win over reluctant progressive voters, Rob Breakenridge says.

Canadians are expected to head to the polls on Oct. 21.