Harper Unveils Human Rights Museum. How Ironic.

Harper: "Canada’s conscience has been formed by a profound belief in human rights and this living tradition of freedom,..It has made us a good country."

Harper: “[The cornerstone] will remind all who visit here that Canada is heir to a tradition of freedom upheld by the law, under the Crown, reaching back almost 800 years,"

The Queen: "[the museum] is also a symbol of the importance which Canada attaches to human rights and its own role in promoting them at home and throughout the world."

Meanwhile....in Toronto on June 26th and June 27th 2010 our civil liberties were suspended as hundreds were illegally searched, had their belongings seized, were arrested and detained. If we are to say that we uphold human rights we must prove it. We must hold a G20 inquiry and make sure those responsible for the tragedies that occurred last weekend are held accountable. Put an end to government impunity.

Post Script: The Canadian Human Rights Museum has a section on their page asking Canadians to submit their own stories of human rights abuses. Please, if you, or anyone you know was subject to charter violations over the G20 weekend, submit your story.