Canadians are about to experience what those of us who've lived overseas have experienced painfully. Once you uncork this genie of rule by emergency powers, it's very hard to re-cork and it can degrade the polity.
https://twitter.com/brianlilley/status/1494362106753396746
Those of us who've experienced even a whiff of authoritarianism or McCarthyism ( I have) know where this journey leads. That's why it's so appalling how many eagerly nod their heads or egg on an emergency.
I lived in the Middle East where free speech is non-existent, where there's one set of rights for the local elites and basically no rights for anyone else, when you experience this kind of stuff, you never take your rights or freedom for granted.
In India, powerful people told me not to criticize the government. No consequences were spelled out which made it even more chilling. Indians have become so paranoid over the years having lived under such a system,I can see that paranoia already starting to set in Canada.
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