Marlene Jennings

The amendment was also supported by Liberal party critic Marlene Jennings.

Comartin's position has taken a distinct swing from last fall when, as the NDP's justice critic, he reportedly met with homosexual activists in Toronto to try to convince them to support bill C-22 to raise the age of consent for natural sexual relations.

The amendment proposal was declared by Jennings to be impossible, however.Jennings told homosexual activists at the second day of public consultations by the justice committee, "We've been told that [amending the anal sex law] is outside the scope of the bill."