“One of the strengths of Canada is recognizing that people can be who they want to be and love who they want to love. The federal government — we are the defenders of those rights,” Carney said.

That’s what I want to hear. Good on him. But the election results showed a swing to the right across the board, and we all need to keep working to reverse that trend so we don’t see these rights taken away in a few years’ time.