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OTTAWA, Ontario , June 12, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Bill C-279, the Canadian transgender bill, sailed through the Senate Committee on Human Rights on Monday, despite  testimony  during the meeting from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that transgendered people are already protected on the grounds of “sex and disability”. Joanne Brownrigg, a lobbyist for Campaign Life Coalition who attended the meeting, told LifeSiteNews.com that in the committee’s “unbridled enthusiasm to pass the bill and appear like heroes they were required to suspend all reason and rationality.”  NDP LGBTT Critic Randall Garrison , who introduced the bill “So little of what was said rested on legal arguments and the actual good that this law would do,” she said.  A number of groups supporting the bill, including the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) , argued to the committee that the bill would “make a very clear statement about the invisibility of transgender people”.  Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Dire

Image via Wikipedia OTTAWA, Ontario, – Canada’s federal government has officially backed a private members bill seeking to repeal a controversial ‘hate speech’ provision that has been used to prosecute Christians and other conservatives for years. In response to a question on Wednesday by Conservative MP Brian Storseth (Westlock- St. Paul, AB ), who introduced the bill to repeal section 13 of the Canada Human Rights Act on September 30, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson signaled what is likely the clause’s death knell.  The ruling Conservatives have a sizeable majority in both houses and the bill is also expected to draw some support from the opposition benches. “Our government believes that section 13 is not an appropriate or effective means for combatting hate propaganda. We believe the Criminal Code is the best vehicle to prosecute these crimes,” he told the House of Commons during Question Period. “I say to the opposition, get on side with the media,” he continued.  “Maclean’s ma