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- ↑ "Get to know your 2018 to 2022 council: Mayor Bryan Paterson". Kingstonist - Kingston News | Kingston, ON headlines. 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
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- ↑ "Politician Accused of Participating in 'Conversion Therapy' at Former Church". www.vice.com. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
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- 1 2 Pinsent, Andrew (2020-09-10). "Kingston mayor steps away from church after pastor calls homosexuality an 'abomination'". Ottawa. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
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