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15 federal Conservatives who helped Canadian 'transsexual' bill pass 2nd reading


by Peter Baklinski | Thu Jun 14, 2012 20:04 EST


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OTTAWA, Ontario, June 14, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A small number of Conservatives were responsible last week for a swing in the vote that helped a private member's bill pass its second reading that aims at giving what its sponsor calls "specific protections" to "transsexual and transgendered Canadians".
Once considered social conservative Jim Flaherty voted for the bill.

Bill C-279, an Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression) passed June 6 by a vote of 150 to 132. The bill would not have passed had the Conservatives voted the other way.

Now, apply the same sort of rationale to similar issues in the US.

Build bridges, not walls.

So... Alberta relists SRS under a Conservative government (after crushing the vile Wild Rose party in the election), the Conservative party in Ontario votes universally in favour of the provincial trans rights bill, and 15 federal conservatives break ranks to vote for the federal trans rights bill... Huh. Guess the libertarians are starting to get some control back from the social conservatives.

Still, the conservatives have the only party for whom this is actually a thing. The NDP and liberals are all on side already. It's kind of gross that there were 132 federal conservatives voting AGAINST human rights protections for one of the most vulnerable minorities in Canada. But it's nice to see some progress.