Thu Dec 23, 2021 – 3:42 pm EST
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) – A Canadian senator blasted a bill passed last week that could ban all pro-life demonstrations outside facilities that commit abortions, with a penalty of up to 10 years in jail.
Bill C-3 passed third reading in Canada’s House of Commons with no recorded vote and was approved by Canadian senators with no amendments last Friday.
However, there was a group of 24 senators who tried to stall the passage of the bill through amendments according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
Senator Larry Campbell from British Columbia said the law is undemocratic, and noted that protesting is “one of the hallmarks of our democracy for unions and for different groups that want to put forward their views.”
Campbell said that anytime “we limit this, we lessen our freedoms.”
He added that the “minority of Canadians who try to harass and intimidate health care workers” should “be sanctioned” but that “COVID should not be used to lessen the rights of people.”
While speaking to the senate about the bill last week, Campbell said that instead of new laws or “offences,” police and Crown prosecutors should be “utilizing already existing legislation.”
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