Justin Trudeau is probably the gayest prime minister in the West. In 2016, he became the first prime minister in history to take part in a gay pride parade. In Canada, where it has governed uninterruptedly for eight years, homosexual couples can adopt children and surrogacy is authorized, which to make it more attractive is defined as “altruistic”. Yesterday, during the bilateral meeting with Giorgia Meloni as part of the G7 in Hiroshima, Japan, he wanted to express his disappointment to the prime minister, saying he was “concerned about some positions that Italy is taking in terms of LGBT rights”. Adding even more weight to Trudeau’s words is the fact that they were posted on the Canadian government’s website.
The note also reads the answer that Meloni would have given, namely that “his government is following the decisions of the courts and does not deviate from previous administrations”. In short, a frontal attack that aroused astonishment in the interlocutor. Sources of the Italian delegation, by the way, describe as “surprising” the sentence uttered by Trudeau during the bilateral meeting on LGBT rights in Italy. It should be noted that the meeting was prepared by the two diplomats and the topic was not one of the central themes of the bilateral meeting. The Prime Minister, reiterate the same Italian sources, responded to Trudeau that the Italian government has not changed the legislation, no action has been taken and there is nothing to worry about. “The concern is all in Trudeau’s head and thoughts,” comments Edmondo Cirielli, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of parliament for the Brothers of Italy, to Adnkronos. “We haven’t changed any rules from the past and we haven’t set out to do so.” For the exponent of Giorgia Meloni’s party, Trudeau’s statement is a “very strange” statement, probably linked to “internal purposes” and, in any case, “denotes a lack of knowledge of Italian facts”.
What is surprising is the fact that the Canadian prime minister took advantage of the summit of the seven largest economically advanced states on the planet to raise doubts about LGBT rights in Italy. If the government, as Meloni specified, has not changed the legislation on the subject at all, it can also be said that the Canadian model, especially with regard to adoptions by homosexual couples and surrogacy, does not correspond to the approach of the Italian government. In fact, the center-right majority is known to intend to introduce the “universal crime” of surrogacy. A bill to punish Italian citizens who commit this type of crime abroad, applying the same penalties in force in Italy, was discussed in the Justice Committee of the Chamber.
In Canada, the replacement uterus is provided only out of “altruism”, women can continue the pregnancy for others, but only in a “solidarity” way. The so-called “belly mummies” do not need to be paid. But the commercial aspect remains. As? Simple: with the reimbursement of expenses to which “temporary” mothers are entitled during pregnancy and in the immediately following months. Between reimbursements to the woman who lends the uterus (up to ten thousand euros), legal commissions, payments to intermediary agencies and the fertility clinic, couples who resort to this practice can disburse up to 80 thousand euros. However, it is not Meloni who is concerned, but Trudeau.
Source: IL Tempo

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