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PM's chance to defend freedom of speech

"After five years in power, the Conservative government finally has introduced a bill to repeal the censorship provision of the Canadian Human Rights Act."

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"Finally, the Conservative government has taken the first baby step to repealing it.

Well, that’s not quite accurate. The Conservative government and the Justice Minister haven’t done a thing. But a backbench MP from the northern Alberta riding of Westlock-St. Paul has. Last Friday, Brian Storseth introduced a private member’s bill, Bill C-304, called “An Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (Protecting Freedom).” Normally when a private member’s bill is introduced, it’s merely a symbolic act — pretend busy-work that’s little more than a press release, that has little chance of being passed, and often doesn’t even get a chance to be debated.

But Storseth’s C-304 isn’t at the end of a long line. It’s near the front — it’s 15th in line. So it’s quite likely that the bill will actually be debated, as soon as November, and voted on this year.

It should be a slam-dunk. Freedom of speech is so important to our society, it’s bigger than left wing versus right wing, or conservative versus liberal."

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