Huge news! Norman, Atlas reader north of us, writes me excitedly:
This is a very big deal.
That, in the opinion of the House, subsection 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act should be deleted from the Act.
Subsection 13(1) is the part of the Act that Islamofacists are using to harass and attempt to silence Ezra Levant, Mark Steyn and Macleans magazine. The motion was made by a Liberal MP - Keith Martin. I have written to him and my MP - to express my support.
The brave, wonderful Ezra Levant has the whole story here.
Keith Martin, a Liberal MP from Victoria, has introduced a private member's
billmotion that is as groundbreaking as it is concise:That, in the opinion of the House, subsection 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act should be deleted from the Act.
This is important for several reasons:
1. It's evidence that the "undernews" of the abusive, unaccountable conduct of the human rights commissions has caught the attention of at least one MP (we can assume Sen. Anne Cools is watching things, too).
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4. By taking the initiative -- and beating other MPs, especially Conseratives, to the punch -- Martin will get some well-deserved credit for leadership. But he'll also make it easy for Conservative MPs, even the Conservative government itself, to "follow" his example, rather than to lead. In a way, Martin takes the political risk; by supporting him, the Tories are merely sensible and bi-partisan followers. He's the point-man.
5. The fact that Martin is a "visible minority" is irrelevant to most normal Canadians, but to the identity politics Left, it's a sign of his moral virtue, and thus makes him even more politically safe.
Congratulations to Martin for doing the right thing. But more than that: he has given the government itself a political opening to amend this awful law. The Conservatives should ensure that Motion M-446 goes to a vote, and every one of them -- as well as other MPs of good faith from every party that cares about freedom -- should join with Martin to make his amendment law.
