Hope, Thy Name is Keith Martin

That, in the opinion of the House, subsection 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act should be deleted from the Act

I don't have much time for a long post today, but I definitely want to add my voice to the growing number of voices praising Keith Martin—Liberal MP from Victoria—for bringing forward the private members motion to reform the Canadian Human Rights Act.

Keith has done some genuine humanitarian work with Doctors Without Borders, and as Ezra Levant points out, has been very consistent on his human rights stances throughout his career. He seems like a very decent guy, and when it comes to issues as important as this, partisan politics end. I encourage all people to e-mail Mr. Martin with words of encouragement, as Jay Currie has done.

I will be watching carefully, as to who votes for and against this in the House of Commons (if it reaches a vote) and I promise not to be partisan at all in my scorn and praise. Today's beer gets raised to Keith, though.

H/T: Jay Currie, Ezra Levant, Blazing Cat Fur, Small Dead Animals, The Canadian Sentinel, Joanne's Journey, Ubi re vera, SoCon Or Bust, Big Blue Wave, Atlas Shrugs, Just Right, Covenant Zone, Time Immortal, Five Feet of Fury, Dr Roy's Thoughts, Dispatches from the Socialist Gulag, The Canadian Republic.

P.S. Does anyone else notice what side of the political spectrum the praise for Keith is coming from? I've been piling through Technorati and Google Blog Search been trying to find non-conservative blogs to Hat-Tip here, and I'm coming up short. So if any readers know of any Liberal or left-leaning blogs praising Keith Martin, ping me in the comments and I'll amend the list.

Update 2: The right-leaning applause intensifies, the left-leaning indifference hangs ominously. Keith Martin should really consider the company he keeps.

Update 3: BigCityLib blog shows it's true colors, accuses Keith Martin of "defending Nazi rights".



Wow. Just Wow. Hey Keith... with friends like these...

Update 4: I've sent e-mails to Keith Martin, The Liberal Party President, Jason Cherniak, and other interested parties, in regards to M. J. Murphy likening Keith Martin to a Nazi sympathizer. I would hope that in the name of decency, the LPC denounces this guy.

Update 5: Warren Kinsella and Jason Cherniak (see below) agrees with M. J. Murphy.

From Jason Cherniak:

With respect, I don't think that's what MJM's doing. He says that Martin is a opposing a law which is meant to catch neo-Nazis, which he is. Unless MJM''s edited the comment since you read it, I see an argument that uses people like Zundel as an example, but does not go further than that.

Update 6: M. J. Murphy calls Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn both "Nazi-lites" in this blog's very comment section.

Levant and Steyn got pegged because they were spouting Nazi-lite, NAzi-ish stuff, and lets face it the commission will almost certainly decide that, though hate mongers, as journalists they have special protection and therefore haven't really met the standard to warrent further investigation.

So basically, Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn are lite-Nazi's, who really should be found guilty, but in the interests of special protection for Journalists we must unfortunately, let them off the hook.

Who's the fascist here?