Conservative Party To Vote On Free Speech & Unborn Victims

Not yet in the Parliament. But at the upcoming policy convention. Among the proposed resolutions on social and democratic framework, there are proposals to enshrine the old M-446 and C-484 in the party policies.

Resolution P-203, proposed by Victoria and Kelowna - Lake Country, is titled "Modify HRC Jurisdiction". It doesn't fully replicate M-446, as it doesn't call for removal of the section 13 from the Canadian Human Rights Act. Instead, it expresses support for a legislation that would remove the authority of the HRCs to deal with complaints related to Section 13.

So we're not talking about letting hate-mongers run wild and free. (Section 13 stays and sections 318 and 319 of the Criminal code aren't even mentioned.) P-203 merely seeks to place the "hurt feelings"/"hate speech" complaints under the jurisdiction of the court of law, where truth is a defense, and where both parties would be treated equally.

Similarly, resolution P-207, "Protecting Pregnant Women", merely pledges support for a legislation similar to bills C-291 and C-484, which would make it a separate offense to harm an unborn baby while committing a crime against the mother. P-207 has nothing to do with restricting abortions, let alone - granting personhood to the unborn. The legal protection it offers to the unborn victims of crime is similar to the protection which the law offers to animals, declaring them as valuable objects and protecting them from cruelty without granting personhood.

So none of the proposed resolutions could be considered as "radical" or "far right". In fact - that's the very least the Conservatives can do to protect our freedom of speech as well as the unborn victims' rights. In the few days that are left before the vote, let's contact our riding associations, the delegates and of course - the National Council of the Conservative Party. Let's make sure that they are well aware that there's absolutely no excuse for them to reject any of those resolutions. Unless of course the Conservative party wants to abdicate from the very principles on which it was originally founded.