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The Fruit Machine

We caused the damageas a country, we have a responsibilityto make it right

We caused the damage
as a country, we have a responsibility
to make it right

Full Transcript

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- We caused the damage as a country,
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we have a responsibility to make it right.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:47
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.
I believe most Canadians are fair people. - The Fruit Machine 00:04
I believe most Canadians are fair people.
But, they need to understand that it actually happened. - The Fruit Machine 00:06
But, they need to understand that it actually happened.
That our country, not the United States, not the United Kingdom, - The Fruit Machine 00:11
That our country, not the United States, not the United King...
The Government of Canada, and the RCMP, - The Fruit Machine 00:31
The Government of Canada, and the RCMP,
It was a disgraceful episode in our history. - The Fruit Machine 00:04
It was a disgraceful episode in our history.
- All I want, really, is them to say - The Fruit Machine 00:17
- All I want, really, is them to say
They can use any excuse, I give them all to them, you know, - The Fruit Machine 00:17
They can use any excuse, I give them all to them, you know,
- It is with shame, and sorrow, - The Fruit Machine 00:18
- It is with shame, and sorrow,
We are sorry." - The Fruit Machine 00:39
We are sorry."
- Well, the human response is wow. This felt great. - The Fruit Machine 00:06
- Well, the human response is wow. This felt great.
For me, it was long time waiting for it. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
For me, it was long time waiting for it.
It's been a very long journey and I'm very happy - The Fruit Machine 00:08
It's been a very long journey and I'm very happy
To get this apology is not going to change what happened, - The Fruit Machine 00:15
To get this apology is not going to change what happened,
I think it broke the person that we were supposed to be, - The Fruit Machine 00:08
I think it broke the person that we were supposed to be,
People that just wanted to be good. - The Fruit Machine 00:04
People that just wanted to be good.
Just good. Just good. Nothing else. - The Fruit Machine 00:06
Just good. Just good. Nothing else.
And we would have helped people, all the time. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
And we would have helped people, all the time.
And I noticed by talking to the people that were discharged - The Fruit Machine 00:08
And I noticed by talking to the people that were discharged
And I mean, a lot of people, like my family that don't know - The Fruit Machine 00:12
And I mean, a lot of people, like my family that don't ...
Canada did bad things to people, you know. - The Fruit Machine 00:05
Canada did bad things to people, you know.