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I mean my understanding is they had a whole floor
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The Fruit Machine

I mean my understandingis they had a whole floor at RCMP headquarters devoted tothis...

I mean my understanding
is they had a whole floor at RCMP headquarters devoted to
this special investigation unit that was doing security checks and investigating civil
service people and so on and I understand that perhaps as much as 90% of their work
was looking for LGBT people. So, a lot of people's jobs
and careers depended on this purge continuing
and if it stopped, oh my God, all these people
are going to be out of work

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I mean my understanding is they had a whole floor
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at RCMP headquarters devoted to this special investigation unit
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that was doing security checks
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and investigating civil service people and so on
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and I understand that perhaps
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as much as 90% of their work was looking for LGBT people.
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So, a lot of people's jobs and careers depended on
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this purge continuing and if it stopped, oh my God,
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all these people are going to be out of work.
Duration
33 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:29
Uploaded
Jun 23, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
SandBay Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Some softened by age and sadness, others loud and angry, the voices of the survivors of Canada’s public service homosexual purge are now united, and determined. They are torqued by decades of silence, years of being ignored. They demand justice, and they want to be heard. Theirs is a story of betrayal that is both national and deeply personal. Men and women who dedicated their lives to public service, some signing oaths of allegiance and servitude; casualties of a political tapestry woven in the fibers of acute security measures that somehow became normalized.
- They had this one program where they would - The Fruit Machine 00:17
- They had this one program where they would
And they put dots - they figure - - The Fruit Machine 00:30
And they put dots - they figure -
- National Defence, - The Fruit Machine 00:05
- National Defence,
[Laughter] - The Fruit Machine 00:14
[Laughter]
Public servants and non-public servants - The Fruit Machine 00:06
Public servants and non-public servants
What became apparent to some of the gay men hanging out there - The Fruit Machine 00:20
What became apparent to some of the gay men hanging out ther...
People would also then realize that - The Fruit Machine 00:14
People would also then realize that
My girlfriend and I would go to the bars in Montreal, - The Fruit Machine 00:05
My girlfriend and I would go to the bars in Montreal,
- We did go to the Montreal bar. - The Fruit Machine 00:08
- We did go to the Montreal bar.
There was only one exit. It was an illegal bar. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
There was only one exit. It was an illegal bar.
- And it was back in the day when you had to ring - The Fruit Machine 00:07
- And it was back in the day when you had to ring
- And she'll look at you and say, - The Fruit Machine 00:12
- And she'll look at you and say,
- I was very insecure and it was very hard - The Fruit Machine 00:16
- I was very insecure and it was very hard
- You had to learn how to behave - The Fruit Machine 00:18
- You had to learn how to behave
I had a friend that worked for the Parole Board - The Fruit Machine 00:08
I had a friend that worked for the Parole Board
He said "We can't go to the Honey Dew, - The Fruit Machine 00:05
He said "We can't go to the Honey Dew,
I can't go here, I might be seen - The Fruit Machine 00:29
I can't go here, I might be seen
So, you kind of develop, not a paranoia, but a fear. - The Fruit Machine 00:17
So, you kind of develop, not a paranoia, but a fear.
- I remember this girl saying, - The Fruit Machine 00:22
- I remember this girl saying,
- This is the attempt - The Fruit Machine 00:19
- This is the attempt