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The Fruit Machine

There was a and The Lord Elgin Hotel and take pictures ofall the people coming and going...

There was a and The Lord Elgin Hotel and take pictures of
all the people coming and going and accumulated an album. - When the purge
really took off in 1958, John Diefenbaker of all people,
people forget, you know,
he had the bill of rights. He was
a criminal defence lawyer. He actually
believed in human rights. He expressed concern
about this that maybe
this was going too far, and he had some people
look into it but if you see the history of it from that
point forward, it's like the RCMP
is a force onto itself

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- There was a
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and The Lord Elgin Hotel
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and take pictures of all the people coming and going
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and accumulated an album.
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- When the purge really took off in 1958,
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John Diefenbaker of all people, people forget,
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you know, he had the bill of rights.
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He was a criminal defence lawyer.
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He actually believed in human rights.
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He expressed concern about this
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that maybe this was going too far,
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and he had some people look into it but if you see
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the history of it from that point forward,
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it's like the RCMP is a force onto itself.
Duration
44 seconds
Views
69
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:44
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.
This was - certainly politicians were aware of it - The Fruit Machine 00:08
This was - certainly politicians were aware of it
I think they were told "Oh this is top secret, - The Fruit Machine 00:16
I think they were told "Oh this is top secret,
- If you wore a pinky ring, - The Fruit Machine 00:12
- If you wore a pinky ring,
- If you go for a beer, you sit on the left, - The Fruit Machine 00:07
- If you go for a beer, you sit on the left,
Like, the way you sit or the way you hold your cigarette, - The Fruit Machine 00:09
Like, the way you sit or the way you hold your cigarette,
- My old sergeant, she was told when she was - The Fruit Machine 00:10
- My old sergeant, she was told when she was
Apparently us lesbians are very sporty, I don't know. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
Apparently us lesbians are very sporty, I don't know.
- And the other one was don't, - The Fruit Machine 00:09
- And the other one was don't,
Is when you carry a binder don't hold it up over your breasts, - The Fruit Machine 00:08
Is when you carry a binder don't hold it up over your b...
[Laughter] - The Fruit Machine 00:08
[Laughter]
These are practices that people had to engage in, right, - The Fruit Machine 00:12
These are practices that people had to engage in, right,
- There was the official policy - The Fruit Machine 00:07
- There was the official policy
The de facto policy was that if you were homosexual, - The Fruit Machine 00:09
The de facto policy was that if you were homosexual,
And the Mounties got really carried away with this. - The Fruit Machine 00:18
And the Mounties got really carried away with this.
My family knew I was gay, my boss knew I was gay, - The Fruit Machine 00:09
My family knew I was gay, my boss knew I was gay,
Did I fear the RCMP? Not unless they pulled my nails off. - The Fruit Machine 00:27
Did I fear the RCMP? Not unless they pulled my nails off.
They were under the impression that gay males - The Fruit Machine 00:07
They were under the impression that gay males
And I told the RCMP that I wasn't going to give up names - The Fruit Machine 00:20
And I told the RCMP that I wasn't going to give up name...
- The RCMP would walk into a workplace and say - The Fruit Machine 00:13
- The RCMP would walk into a workplace and say
And then firing you." - The Fruit Machine 00:20
And then firing you."