A government committee has a great idea – create a human rights minister to help pull together all the human rights commissions under one banner. What a great idea – give even more power and influence to a group that is the modern equivalent of the Spanish Inquisition.
And who do we have to thank for giving the government this idea? Why it was Cuba and Iran. The United Nations, led by Cuba and Iran have heavily criticized Canada’s human rights record. The result? A recommendation from the House of Common’s foreign affairs subcommittee on human rights (quite the mouthful), that a minister position be created to oversee and coordinate Canada’s human rights progress.
Canada was heavily criticized at the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2009 for failing to address extreme poverty and curb violence among Aboriginals.
Cuba and Iran, as well as traditional allies such as the United Kingdom and Switzerland, pointed the finger at Canada, chastising it for allowing deep levels of inequality to take hold.
“According to several witnesses, Canada’s international reputation is at stake,” the subcommittee said, bolding the last comment for emphasis.
Amnesty International Canada’s secretary general Alex Neve said a senior minister responsible for human rights would help improve the situation on the ground.
“It wouldn’t solve it on its own but it is an important step forward,” he told QMI Agency.
Thankfully Canada has such shining examples of progressive human rights to look to for guidance. Who better to criticize us than Cuba and Iran? Aside from the political rapes, missing dissidents, lack of free speech, murders, oppression – on second thought, maybe Canadians shouldn’t give a damn what these countries think.
Regardless of the powers granted to the minister of human rights, the idea of further federal power for human rights commissions is nothing but an extremely dangerous idea. While a Conservative minister is not that dangerous a proposition as a human rights minister, a future Liberal or heaven forbid – coalition minister is a terrifying idea.
One has to keep in mind that this is all based on the UN Declaration of Human Rights which is nothing more than a Progressive Manifesto. It has nothing to do with human rights for the simple fact that neither equality nor distributive justice are rights.
When we have a United Democratic Nations organization, I’ll be inclined to listen to them.
Meantime, this is just bullshit to be ignored.
What is with these idiots? They need to dismantle the whole human rights industry, which by the way has nothing whatsoever to do with real human rights. Instead they are planning to create a minister position. I suggest if they are hell-bent on creating yet another minister position, they opt for a Minister of Responsibility. Continue to separate “rights” from responsibility and you get what we have; the demise of the most basic freedoms.
That’s the problem with the U.N. The people telling democratic nations what to do, are in fact brutal dictatorships or theocracies.
When they have a group of United Democracies as you say, that’s when I’ll start to listen to them. Until then, they can go fly a kite. (That’s the highly edited version of what I want to say)