Elton John fears gay marriage future in Canada

Elton John fears gay marriage will be banned in his partner David Furnish's native Canada, by new less-liberal prime minister Stephen Harper.

John - who married Furnish in a same-sex civil union last year - expressed his concerns at a concert in Toronto last week.

Referring to Conservative Harper's replacement of Liberal party leader and former prime minister Paul Martin, the singer said: "It would be such a shame because Canada is such a needed voice of tolerance in the world."