Canada and all countries that say they protect human rights need to pressure Russia to put an end to this violent campaign against gays.  But allowing LGBT people to file for political asylum in  Canada for fear of persecution in their homeland would find Canada making a pledge or promise the country absolutely cannot keep. How many LGBT individuals around the world live in fear of their lives every day? Well, assuming at at least 1% (some estimates say the figure is closer to 10%) of humans are something other than heterosexual, the small region of Chechnya alone could provide over 10,000 asylum seekers.

The plight of the LGBT community in Chechnya is indeed dire, but Canada cannot even solve this problem for Chechnya, or Mexico, India, Pakistan, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon,  or Somalia, etc., etc: the list of countries where it's dangerous to be gay is a long one. 

Canada can bring this to the UN. Who knows? Maybe the UN has time for sanctions against a country other than Israel.