Foreign Countries: Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird: Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is brushing off criticism of Ottawas defence of sexual minorities rights in foreign countries, saying the vast majority of Canadians support the governments stance, according to The Chronicle Herald. REAL Women of Canada took issue with Bairds recent comments to The Canadian Press, in which he said the Harper government had tried to persuade Russia not to follow through with a controversial anti-gay law and He was responding to an attack by a conservative group that accused him of using tax dollars to promote his own personal agenda. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.