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TOP TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ILLIBERALISM TOP TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

1 WHAT IS ILLIBERALISM Some call it empty democracy Although elections take place and may have some democratic institutions, the elite exercise real power Different from dictatorship – anti-liberal

2 IS THIS ILLIBERALISM? Reasonable accommodation RCMP, face veil at ceremonies, kirpan in schools Seat belt/helmet laws Curfews Control of protests (e.g. Toronto G8)

3 CENSORSHIP Limit to free speech Canada more strict than US = less liberal? Control in schools Banning Christian displays at public buildings Books: Huck Finn, Mockingbird, Anarchist Cookbook, Mein Kampf TV/Video Games – where do we draw the line? (FCC)

“The only thing I will not tolerate is intolerance” 4 Punish for thoughts versus acts HATE CRIMES “The only thing I will not tolerate is intolerance”

5 OUR ILLIBERAL HISTORY Banning Catholics from government Residential schools Land claims issues Immigration policies Head tax Internment camps

ILLIBERALISM IN OTHER COUNTRIES 6 ILLIBERALISM IN OTHER COUNTRIES Great Britain – colonization of India U.S. slavery Post U.S. Civil War – Jim Crow laws South Africa Apartheid

7 ILLIBERALISM TODAY Racial profiling Stop and frisk Arizona No-fly lists Mahar Arar

SECURITY LEGISLATION IN CANADA 8 SECURITY LEGISLATION IN CANADA War Measures Act – remove fundamental freedoms World Wars FLQ Now the Emergencies Act and Anti-terrorism Act

SECURITY LEGISLATION IN US 9 SECURITY LEGISLATION IN US USA PATRIOT ACT Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 Gathering data Arrests of suspects without warrant Power of this act slowly being removed as courts find it unconstitutional

10 WAR ON TERROR Guantanamo Bay Omar Khadr Renditions Pre-emptive strikes