Canada's coercive culture continues to grow.

* 2006 (Jan.): The homosexual paper, the Washington Blade, names Pope Benedict XVI the "Anti-gay Person of the Year." Endorsed in Canada.

* 2006 (Feb.): The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) in Ottawa refuses the right of a member, Susan Cornstock, to divert her dues to charity on account of the union's support for same-sex "marriage."

* 2006 (Mar,): The Alberta Teachers Association denounces a private member's bill by MLA Ted Morton requiring teachers to notify parents if their children are to be exposed to discussions on same-sex "marriage" in the classroom because the bill would undermine teachers' efforts to create a "safe and caring learning environment" for "gay" and lesbian students.

* 2006 (Mar.): The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) awards a radio broadcasting licence to Rainbow Media Group for the 80,000 or so "gay" and lesbians in Toronto. In 2003 CRTC rejected a licence for a Catholic radio station in Toronto to serve the area's 1.5 million Catholics.

* 2006 (Apr.): Dr. Chris Kempling, a qualified psychologist and teacher, is permanently banned from any counselling jobs in his British Columbia school district.

* 2006 (May): Cape Breton University Professor David Mullan becomes the target of a Human Rights Commission complaint by a homosexual student because he posted on a website views critical of the Anglican Church of Canada's permissive and condoning stand on same-sex "marriage."

* 2006 (May): The Ontario elementary school teachers' union, to which all elementary school teachers in the province must pay dues, is offering special leadership training for select groups of members including all homosexual, bisexual and "transgender" members in addition to visible minorities. Among other goals, the program will include "opportunities to explore barriers to leadership" and "strategies to eliminate and/or overcome barriers (LifeSiteNews.com, May 24, 2006)."

* 2006 (May): The Halifax Regional School Board asks teachers to list their "sexual orientation" in a workforce survey as part of a measure of "diversity." "We want people of different sexual orientation represented in our schools, in the same way we want people from different ethnic backgrounds represented in our schools," said school board spokesperson Shaune MacKinlay (Cape Breton Post, May 31, 2006).

* 2006 (May): A B.C. Human Rights complaint by a "married" "gay" couple asks the Education Ministry to review its entire curriculum to ensure it complies with the "gay" agenda regarding sexual orientation and gender identity (news1130.com, June 1, 2006). The government agrees.

* 2006 (June): The government announces that an additional $1.1 billion for 5,500 victims of HIV-tainted blood will have to be paid.

* 2006 (June): "Gay" activists denounce honourary degrees to be conferred by Toronto's Ryerson University on bio-ethicist Dr. Margaret Somerville and by Ottawa's Carleton University on Rabbi Rueven Bulka for his humanitarian, community and scholarly work. In the face of "gay" pressure Ryerson apologizes for awarding the degree. Dr. Somerville questions the effects of same-sex "marriage" on children. Rabbi Bulka is called "homophobic" for being an advisory board member of NARTH (National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality).