How a liberal democracy responds to dissent is an important question and often a subject of sharp division. This was amply demonstrated when in early 2015 the Conservative government introduced Bill C-51, its sweeping anti-terrorism legislation designed to protect Canadians from terrorists who, according to minister of public safety Steve Blaney, were seeking to destroy the values Canadians…
Raymond B. Blake
Raymond B. Blake is a professor and the head of the Department of History at the University of Regina. His most recent book is Lions or Jellyfish: Newfoundland-Ottawa Relations Since 1957 (University of Toronto Press, 2015).