Vic Toews Speaks Out On Upcoming Session

Looks like a version of C-484 is coming back:

Back in the summer, Minister Nicholson announced our Government’s intention to introduce legislation this fall to strengthen the criminal law response to violence against pregnant women.

This new Bill would expand the list of aggravating factors to be considered by a sentencing judge to include the fact of a woman's pregnancy. While this Bill will not reopen the debate on abortion, our Government has made it very clear that we will protect pregnant women from violence.

Meanwhile, after speaking the party line on Section 13, Toews ends with some vacuous mush.

Our government is committed to the protection and promotion of human rights. We are also committed to ensuring that legitimate expressions of opinion, including religious free speech, are protected.

Sounds like a prescription for inactivity, but I guess we'll see.