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OTTAWA, August 8, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Canada ’s outspoken women’s organization on life and family issues has slammed Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird for imposing what it says is “his own perspective on homosexuality” in foreign countries such as Uganda , Kenya, and Russia that have passed laws aimed at preserving the traditional family structure.  John Baird (right) and friend “Just who does John Baird think he is, using taxpayers’ money to promote his own personal agenda and endeavouring to set standards of the laws of foreign countries?” asked Gwen Landolt, National Vice-President of REAL Women of Canada , in a press release yesterday.  REAL Women criticized Baird for awarding $200,000 of Canadian taxpayers’ money by way of the Department of Foreign Affairs to special interest groups in Uganda and Kenya that promoted homosexual activity as a right.  Last October Baird  denounced  Uganda at an international summit in Quebec Cit...

MONTREAL, September 18, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Canada ’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird told a gathering in Montreal on Friday that Canada will continue to promote homosexual rights as a key component of foreign policy. The minister, speaking at a luncheon held by the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations , said he is “aggressively” pursuing what he called Canada’s “principled, values-based” foreign policy. As part of that effort, Baird said that he is working with western countries to promote homosexual rights in countries around the world where “violent mobs … seek to criminalize homosexuality,” and to make Canada a welcoming haven for homosexual refugees. “We’re working with allies like the EU and the United States on encouraging the decriminalization of homosexuality,” Baird said. “We’re working with all political parties in the House of Commons to fight those who restrict the basic human rights, from Kampala to St. Petersburg. In his address Baird m...