“Our own society is still, broadly speaking, liberal. To exercise your right of free speech you have to fight against economic pressure and against strong sections of public opinion, but not, as yet, against a secret police force.” – George Orwell, The Prevention of Literature, 1946.
It’s a bit of a stretch to say, as some are saying, that Canada is on the cusp of establishing a “secret police force” to engage in surveillance, preemptive arrest and other such dirty work in flagrant trespass upon the rights of the people to freedom of speech.
But perhaps only a bit.
Ordinarily I prefer that …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
