Once More Unto the Breach...

Steyn On-line ^ | May 31, 2019 | Mark Steyn

[Twotone]

This coming Tuesday, June 4th, I'll be returning to Ottawa to testify to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Last time I was there, a decade back, it was to trash Canada's ghastly and shameful "hate speech" law, Section 13 - after which, I'm glad to say, Section 13, got repealed by Parliament.

But there are no permanent victories, and thus, the battles of the late oughts being long forgotten, today's Liberal-controlled House is minded to exhume Section 13 and restore it to hideous life. So here we go again. Joining me on Tuesday morning - 8.45am - will be Lindsay Shepherd and my old comrade from the Southam dailies and The National Post, John Robson.

Since my previous appearance, they've moved the committee out of the Houses of Parliament and into the Wellington Building just across the street and a block down. I do hope the move didn't occasion them to do that thing that insecure wanker US senators like Ed Markey apparently require and build themselves some ludicrous podium halfway to the heavens thereby reducing the citizenry before them to irrelevant specks far below. If so, there may be words: In the people's house, the people's legislators should be on the same level as the people.

The hearing is open to the public, so I hope to see at least a few of our Ottawa readers there. For anyone else, I believe you can watch it live on ParlVU and/or CPAC. We'll link to those on the big day.

[ClearCase_guy]

But there are no permanent victories

That only goes in one direction.

When the Left loses, it's:
do-over
do-over
do-over
do-over
Yay! We won!

And when the Left wins (ex. Roe v Wade), it's:
Oh, that's settled law. You can't change it.

[Paladin2]

Good for Lindsay Shepherd.

[NobleFree]

Thank God for our First Amendment.

[mrmeyer]

Secured by the second amendment