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Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is brushing off criticism of Ottawa’s defence of sexual minorities’ rights in foreign countries, saying the vast majority of Canadians support the government’s stance.

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REAL Women of Canada, an activist group composed of socially conservative women (mainly evangelical Christians), has done admirable work in supporting traditional family values, standing up against the marginalization of men’s rights by radical feminists, and promoting the rights of the unborn in this country.

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Liberals, feminists in particular, dismiss them out of hand as relics from a discredited patriarchal past. But since they represent the views of a wide swath of Canadian women — and since, unlike most feminist organizations that wouldn’t exist without some form of government subsidy, they are self-funding — I always have given time and consideration to their views on what is and isn’t good for the health of Canadian society.