The first openly gay premier in the history of Canada has the Progressive Conservative government squirming over a controversial evangelical college being granted new authority to award degrees. Kathleen Wynne, Ontario premier from 2013 to 2018, blasted the Tories on Thursday after it emerged a looming legislative change would give university status to Charles McVety’s Canada Christian College. “I have a lot of friends within churches and in college,” Ford told reporters Wednesday. McVety told the Star that “the college, its president, staff, and faculty value all individuals, including the LGBTQ community.”“This Ontario legislation is based upon fairness, not favouritism. It is “seeking to change its name from ‘Canada Christian College and School of Graduate Theological Studies’ to ‘Canada University and School of Graduate Theological Studies,’” the college states.

Source: thestar October 22, 2020 18:04 UTC