Senate Speaker travels as ambassador of human rights and religious freedoms

Left: Noel Kinsella, Senate Speaker

Summary:
Noel Kinsella, a senate speaker travels to other countries when he's invited by his foreign counterparts from other countries to promote religious freedoms as well as human rights. Kinsella has had a life long interest in human rights. His focus gravitates towards the Christian minorities in Syria and Egypt who are facing persecution. As he works on that, he also works on bringing religious leaders and politicians together to promote tolerance and cooperation. It allows him to not only understand the government's story but also the individuals as well. The government says to Syria that religious freedom should be respected though Kinsella also says that religious freedoms is the cornerstone to all freedoms. Even when he isn't traveling, he brings religious leaders and politicians together. He holds meetings in the historic dining room in Centre Block often inviting visiting religious leaders to give them a chance to meet the Canadian counterparts.

This relates to Law 12 because in the previous unit, we were learning about human rights fundamental freedoms. This article talks about strengthening both those things by bringing leaders together to set examples for their countries. What Kinsella is doing is an effective way of fortifying the importance of our rights and freedoms. It not only affects Canadians but it also affects the other countries as well when he takes the extra step and travels outside of Canada to achieve those goals.

http://bcc.rcav.org/canadian/2114-senate-speaker-travels-as-ambassador-of-human-rights-and-religious-freedom