OTTAWA, November 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Canadian Justice Minister Martin Cauchon outraged many Canadians in recent months with his staunch backing of homosexual ‘marriage’ and refusal to consider alternatives to ramming the matter through the legislature. Cauchon also engineered the passage of Svend Robinson’s Private Member’s Bill C-250 which added ‘sexual orientation to Canada’s hate crimes law. Interestingly, it has been revealed that Cauchon, like most of the powerful political elite in Canada, is closely connected to the Desmarais family web of influence. A recent LifeSite special report on the political connections of the Desmarais family revealed that the family was intimately linked to Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien, former Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and incoming Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin, among other leading Canadian politicians. Yesterday, reporter Andrew McIntosh wrote in the National Post that Cauchon, “once worked as a domestic servant for the Desmarais family at the(ir) estate in his student years and has remained ‘a family friend for many years.’” McIntosh reveals that a party to celebrate the completed renovations of the 75 square km Desmarais estate was attended by 230 political and business leaders from around the world. The guest list for the Labour Day weekend bash included, Cauchon, Chretien, Mulroney, Lucien Bouchard, businessmen Peter Munk and Galen Weston, George Bush Sr. and his wife Barbara, and Quebec Premier Jean Charest. Other media services noted that guests also included Bill Clinton, Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, and possibly King of Spain Juan Carlos. See Previous LifeSite Special Report: Paul Desmarais’ Web of Influence Over Canada http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2003/may/030502a.html See photo of massive Desmarais estate http://lcn.canoe.com/infos/regional/archives/2003/08/20030830-203417.html