Two wasteful Canadian institutions bite the dust

Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, the part that allowed for kangaroo court Human Rights Commissions to fine and censor Internet and phone messages based on the "likelihood to cause hate" has finally been voted out of existence by Parliament. There will be a one year phasing out period.

And in other good news, the wasteful Canadian International Development Agency, which was a trough for lunatic, anti-Western NGOs in Canada to feed from, has been eliminated and its functions merged into the new Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development.

Despite the warnings of fear mongers, Hate Speech will remain illegal in Canada, but prosecutions will have to meet the standards of courts of law, not the opinions of 3rd rate patronage appointments without law degrees.

Canada will also continue to provide foreign Aid, but in a more sensible, cost effective way.

Palestinians to Canada: We condemn you!.. Now give us more charity!

Checking in on my twitter feed this morning, I couldn't help get a chuckle out of back-to-back tweets from CBC Top Stories. The first had Derek Stoffel reporting that Canada had committed $25 million in new funds (on top of the $300 million already committed) to the Palestinian Authority.

The second had Sasa Petricic reporting that the Foreign Minister of that same Palestinian Authority was condemning Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird for siding with Israel by having a meeting in the Israeli capitol.

I'm still waiting for the CBC tweet that says the Palestinians are so offended that they are going to turn down the handout from Canada's taxpayers.

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