“Canada just made it illegal to protest against the LGBT!”
Social media posts
in a Facebook post. Claim dated 5 Apr 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A bill introduced in the Ontario legislature would prohibit acts of intimidation against LGBTQ+ people near temporarily designated safety zones. The bill is unlikely to garner enough support to pass.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 April 2023, 14 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/SLJfq
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