On 27 November 2009 , during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting , Gordon Brown , the prime minister of the UK , expressed his opposition of the bill to President Museveni . Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper also expressed opposition privately to Museveni during this meeting . The Canadian Transport Minister John Baird stated to '' The Globe and Mail '' , " The current legislation before Parliament in Uganda is vile , it 's abhorrent . It 's offensive . It offends Canadian values . It offends decency . " Australia 's government reiterated its opposition to the criminalisation of homosexuality in the '' Sydney Morning Herald ''
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009
Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014