The document outlines the conditions under which temporarily rejecting liberalism and suppressing citizens' rights could be justified to preserve democracy. Specifically, it argues that rights may be suppressed temporarily during times of crisis that threaten the entire nation, like war or terrorism, as seen in examples from Canada. However, such suppression must be narrowly targeted and lifted once the threat ends to avoid open-ended dictatorship. More recent acts like Canada's Emergencies Act include safeguards to ensure suppression is temporary and limited in scope.

2. How far would we go to protect the democratic society we value so much

3. Could lose principles of liberalism that democracy is based on if we don’t temporarily reject rights and freedoms

4. Must benefit all of the citizens within the democracy, if these all of these conditions are met then liberalism democracy will be preserved and rights and freedoms will be reinstated

5. Suppression on rights must be temporary and thought out extremely carefully by the government.

6. Should only be done in times of high crisis that could affect everyone (war, terrorism, nuclear war)

7. Source describes that the things that give us freedoms sometimes should be sacrificed in order to preserve the future condition of our economy or prevent a disaster from occurring.

9. Hitler’s Enabling Act (page 187)

10. Opposed any other party from coming into power which lead to Germany becoming a one-party state

11. Also allowed Hitler to pass legislation without approval of the Reichstag (a group who represents the citizens of Germany)

12. Restricted personal freedom, freedom of opinion, freedom of the press, and freedom of organization and assembly

13. Eliminate the need for search warrants

14. People’s loss of power lead to Hitler’s dictatorship

15. Was only supposed to be a four-year period (temporary fix)

16. Since there was no power to go against Hitler, he was able to implement this act past its four year period

17. Not only violates the temporary clause but also demoralizes the rights and freedoms of all German citizens

19. During FLQ terrorist acts, War Measures Act suppressed everyone’s rights, creating more problems. People informed them the areas needed to be more specific and less general, some events did not apply to areas further away from the occurrence.

20. FLQ were a committed group devoted to make Quebec language and culture equal to the Anglophone culture.

22. 1960’s the world, including Canada, underwent dramatic political, social, and cultural changes.

23. This prompted more individualist ideologies

24. Quebecois wanted their language and culture to have more equal opportunities

25. The FLQ was a group from Quebec who resorted to violence and terrorism in order to find the independence they felt Quebec deserved

26. For this, Canadian government suspended civil liberties and imprisoned anyone who was suspected to be involved with these groups.

27. Soon after Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into play the government introduced the Emergencies Act, which included more safe guards to protect rights of citizens

29. Only in order to sustain a stable democracy, in this case people should be willing for the government to temporarily suppress their rights

30. The government should carefully consider which situations they should apply this act towards. If the situation is a high enough risk that they feel the need to enable this act in order to protect the citizens

31. The only reason for rejecting liberalism is to sustain liberalism in the future or when the high-risked situation is deemed safe, preserving democracy should be the essential focus of this oppression.

32. The government must do this temporarily...