2019 Federal Election

[MidTowner]

I don't think it's a very good word to use. But I think the point is fair. I can specifically recall several local candidates (candidate for councillor in Ward 10 last year; candidate for Kitchener Centre for the Tories in the provincial election) featuring pictures of their families in campaign materials. That's very very common, and obviously it's intended to convey something.

I suspect it's intended to convey "I understand and sympathize with families" more than "I am a heterosexual". This is not new, and existed long before same-sex relationships were acknowledged (or legal).

We have real, serious issues in our society that we need to address (such as aboriginal poverty, general lack of affordable housing and opioid addiction, for three). For me personally, the presence or absence of family photos in campaign materials doesn't rank very close to such issues.

You know that no one was suggesting that.