“A flag is not to be wrapped around an individual,” she said. Rosset says it's troublesome when people wrap themselves in the Canadian flag when debating an issue.

“But they are regular people like you and I,” Rosset told the Nugget. Rosset says people who have 'never encountered a gay person have preconceived ideas”. Rosset says although this was an extreme example, it still revealed what some anti-LGBTQIA+ people believed and what gay people had to endure from some members of society. “But the other fellow said you just shoot them,” Rosset said. Rosset said one of her co-workers said “you just work with them, it's no big deal”. She told the Nugget of a specific incident during her 20s at work where someone asked the question how they would react working with a gay person. Rosset grew up in Sudbury and says there was a time in that city where some people were not friendly to LGBTQIA+ people. Rosset says it's hard being an LGBTQIA+ person in Northern Ontario and they run into problems just being accepted by some people. “We don't force people to have our views,” Rosset added. In response to the library making the Pride flag request, Rosset said “a library is for everybody, we don't discriminate and welcome everyone”. In response to the objections, library CEO Marie Rosset told the Nugget that “many people have issues with the LGBTQIA+ community” but added “they are here to stay”. That request was met by objections by about half a dozen Powassan residents at the council meeting.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Powassan and District Union Public Library stands by the library's request to ask town council to fly the Pride flag during June which council approved.

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