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 WWII the Canadian government made a negligent decision and applied this Act in order to breach the rights of specific Canadian citizens and immigrants- particularly the Japanese.

20. The Canadian government went as far as taking control over their possessions and property, as well as imprisoning any person with Asian appearances, such as the Chinese and Koreans. The government announced that they were suppressing their rights because they could potentially be a threat to their national security.

21. Canada unnecessarily blamed and imprisoned innocent people.

22. However, after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Canadian government developed a well thought of plan to increase airport security by temporarily decreasing the rights of people while in the airport to provide a more secure democratic economy where people could continue to have their rights and freedoms.

24. 1960’s the world, including Canada, underwent dramatic political, social, and cultural changes.

25. This prompted more individualist ideologies

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

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

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

29. Controversial, many people though government acted on limited information

30. Trudaeu stated that even though people are unhappy with the response of the Canadian government, in order to maintain law and order, the society must take every means they can in order to defend itself against an emergency from a parallel power. (pg 400)

31. 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

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

34. 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

35. 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.

36. The government must do this temporarily...