In a move to appeal to ethnic groups Stephen Harper launched Conservative Party ads to send a clear message against the proposed change to the legal definition of marriage.
Harper said he believes the traditional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman should be preserved and that homosexual couples should have civil unions with the same rights as married people.
After the Supreme Court ruled that Ottawa has the jurisdiction to decide who has the right to marry, Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liberal government is introduced legislation that would change the definition to a union of two persons in the Spring of 2005.
