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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.  “Mac...

OTTAWA, Ontario,  – A private members bill introduced into the Canadian House of Commons is seeking to delete the controversial “hate speech” Image via Wikipedia  provision in the Human Rights Act that has been used to silence Christians and conservatives who express politically incorrect opinions. “I’ve been working with colleagues to try to make sure that we make some changes to a piece of legislation that is flawed and — quite frankly — has been abused over the last several of years,” said Conservative MP Brian Storseth (Westlock- St. Paul, AB ) who introduced the bill, to Sun News. Conservative MP Brian Storseth Bill C-304  proposes to delete  Section 13  of the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA) to ensure that there is no “infringement on freedom of expression” as guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms . It received its first reading on September 30th, 2011. Critics of section 13 have long argued that the clause creates the precise eq...