WINNIPEG, December 11, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Manitoba Justice Minister Gord Mackintosh has announced that the province will allow joint adoption of children by homosexual couples. The new legislation is expected in the spring.
Although the province already allowed adoption of children by homosexual individuals, four homosexual couples have launched a court challenge against the province for barring joint adoption privileges. CP reports that Mackintosh has instructed government lawyers not to fight the court challenge.
The government is deciding whether to allow changes to adoption laws permitting only homosexual couples to be added as eligible or to allow any two adults to adopt jointly.
See the coverage from CP (today only): https://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSLaw0112/10_gay-cp.html