Brian Lilley
Lilley’s Pad
2/8/2013
Last June many of us who had been fighting to end Canada’s ridiculous internet censorship law breathed a big sigh of relief. Conservative MP Brian Storseth’s bill to remove section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act had passed third reading and was on its way to becoming law.
Yet here we are eight months after the bill was voted through the House of Commons and it is still not passed into law. Why?
Because the bill is stuck in the Senate, that upper chamber of sober second thought.
The bill was introduced in the Senate, and is supported, by Conservative Doug Finley. But since June when Finley introduced the bill two Conservatives have spoken out against C-304 and in favour of section 13 – Pierre Claude Nolin and Nancy Ruth.
This bill, which is a private members bill and therefore does not have the full endorsement of the government, is not assured of passing the Senate…
…It was the bloggers of Canada who really pushed this story and rallied the troops to the cause.
Right now two bloggers in particular, Five Feet of Fury and Blazing Cat Fur, are dealing with legal bills that ultimately stem from their fight for a return to Canada’s longstanding legal tradition of free speech. They don’t have the cash and could use your help. Even $5 or $20 will go a long way if enough people dip into their pockets and put cash in the hat.
You don’t need to agree with everything that these two bloggers say in order to support them, that is part of the deal with free speech. They have long stood for your right to speak your mind, can you help them now that they need help?
Read the entire article at Lilley’s Pad.
H/T Blazing Cat Fur
