MP Derek Sloan

MP Derek Sloan ousted from CPC

Kingston City Council passes ban on ‘conversion therapy’

Soapbox: O’Toole’s keeping Sloan in CPC shows lack of understanding

Kingston researchers aim to document anti-Asian racism during pandemic

Soapbox: Loyalist Councillor speaks out about MP Sloan

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Tori Stafford 0 Comments abortion rights, conservative leader, Conservative Party of Canada, conversion therapy, CPC, Erin O'Toole, expelled from the caucus, Hastings-Lennox & Addington, independent MP, Kingston, MP Derek Sloan, neo-nazi, ousted, Paul Fromm, white supremacy

After the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) voted by secret ballot on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, Derek Sloan, MPP for Hastings-Lennox and Addington, has been expelled from the Conservative caucus. The vote came after it was determined that Sloan had accepted a donation from Paul Fromm, a well-known Canadian white

News

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Ben Rogers, Bill C-6, Bridget Doherty, City Council meeting, conversion therapy, conversion therapy ban, delegations, Gary Oosterhof, Jeff McLaren, Jim Neill, Kingston City Council, LGBTQ2S+, Lisa Osanic, Mary Rita Holland, Mayor Bryan Paterson, MP Derek Sloan, Peter Stroud, Robert Kiley, Simon Chapelle, Third Day Worship Centre, Wayne Hill

Kingston City Council has passed a motion to ban the practice of conversion therapy within the municipality. “I think in June, when we see the pedestrian crossing [outside City Hall] painted the colours of the rainbow, I think we can with pride know that we’ve really earned that privilege,” said

Opinion Politics Soapbox

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments conservative leader, Conservative Party of Canada, CPC, gay rights, Hastings-Lennox & Addington, homophobia, Kingston, letter, LGBTQ, MP Derek Sloan, MP Erin OToole, Nathan Townend, opinion, transphobia

Editorial note: The following is a submitted Op/Ed piece written by Councillor Nathan Townend and does not necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of The Kiingstonist. Following his recent election as the new Conservative Party leader, Erin O’Toole has made overtures about inclusion and is quoted in The Hill Times

Community News

July 22, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Alyssa Martschenko, anti-Asian, Asian-Canadians, China, Chinese-Canadian, coronavirus, COVID-19, immigrants, Karl Flecker, KEYS Job Centre, Kingston, Kingston Coffee House, MP Derek Sloan, newcomers, pandemic, racism, research, research project, survey, World Health Organization (WHO)

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed Canadian society over the past five months. Now, a research project from KEYS Job Centre aims to understand its connection to perceived anti-Asian racism in Kingston. “This particular virus and the way it has been politicized by some — down south, but also here by

Opinion Politics Soapbox

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 Community Soapbox 2 Comments Bill C-8, Conservative Party of Canada, conversion therapy, Councillor Nathan Townend, federal government, gender diversity, Hastings-Lennox & Addington, Kingston, Loyalist Township Council, MP Derek Sloan, opinion, sexuality

Editorial note: The following is a submitted op/ed piece by Councillor Nathan Townend and does not necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of Kingstonist. I feel compelled as a municipal councillor, for the second time in less than 3 months, to speak out against recent comments made by the Member

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