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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. “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”

6. 5 OUR ILLIBERAL HISTORY Banning Catholics from government
Residential schools
Land claims issues
Immigration policies
Head tax
Internment camps

7. ILLIBERALISM IN OTHER COUNTRIES6
ILLIBERALISM IN OTHER COUNTRIES
Great Britain – colonization of India
U.S. slavery
Post U.S. Civil War – Jim Crow laws
South Africa Apartheid

8. 7 ILLIBERALISM TODAY Racial profiling Stop and frisk Arizona
No-fly lists
Mahar Arar

9. SECURITY LEGISLATION IN CANADA8
SECURITY LEGISLATION IN CANADA
War Measures Act – remove fundamental freedoms
World Wars
FLQ
Now the Emergencies Act and Anti-terrorism Act

10. SECURITY LEGISLATION IN US9
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

11. 10 WAR ON TERROR Guantanamo Bay Omar Khadr Renditions
Pre-emptive strikes