Speaking truth to scumbags - Foreign Minister Baird lambastes Iran, Uganda and Syria for Human Rights abuses

QUEBEC - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird abandoned host-country niceties Monday as he levelled a blistering attack against the human rights records of Iran, Syria and Uganda before some 1,400 international parliamentarians gathered for the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Quebec.   

..Baird also took on the Ugandan government again for its treatment of gays and lesbians. He mentioned the case of a young activist who was recently beaten to death.    

The criticism didn't sit well with the speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, who asked for the opportunity to respond. She spoke of Baird's "arrogance" and "ignorance" and demanded an apology.   

"If homosexuality is a value for the Canadian people, that's not a problem for us, that's it's issue, but one shouldn't force Ugandans to accept homosexuality because we're not Canadian citizens," Kadaga said to applause from the floor. 

..Addressing 1,400 lawmakers at the gathering in Quebec City, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said Bahais and Christians in Iran were “consistently threatened with death and torture, simply for believing.”
He also said “the evil regime in Iran... remains the most significant threat to global peace and security,” accusing Tehran of fomenting hatred against the Jewish people and supporting terrorist groups.