Canada committed to supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit and intersex policies domestically and abroad

That's according to a "backgrounder" at the Global Affairs Canada website yesterday.

The only other items on the site yesterday are a news release on the Equal Rights Coalition Conference in Vancouver, and a statement marking the tenth anniversary of Saakashvili's very short war with Bad Vlad, in which we are reminded yet again that we Canadians stand, unequivocally, no matter how corrupt or compromised they may be, with anyone who may have a quibble with Russia.

Because that's what we do...

We are gung-ho for human rights, we Canucks are!

Not a mention of the ongoing squabble with our Saudi friends over the jailing of a couple of high-profile Saudi dissidents. Interesting that Chystia and Justin are only concerned with the rights of internationally known dissidents. That gets headlines.

We won't condemn the Saudis for their genocidal war on Yemen, their support for radical Islamic fundamentalism, or their discrimination against ethnic minorities and foreign workers in Saudi Arabia, not to mention Saudi lesbians, gays, bisexuals, etc etc. That might antagonise you-know-who in Washington who greenlights these Saudi outrages.

If Justin and Christia had spent a few minutes contemplating this picture, they might have guessed they'd antagonise you-know-who anyway.