Time for a hard, public look at national security to avoid democratic backsliding

A report by the University of Ottawa's Task Force on National Security highlights how Canada needs to identify security risks, with mounting cases of threats against Canadian politicians, officials, and vulnerable groups.
What appalled many Canadians about the trucker protests in Ottawa was not only the emergence of extremist groups, but the failure of police forces and other law-enforcement and intelligence agencies to deal with the protesters, writes David Crane.
While opposition MPs and media pundits spent days trying to turn the attendance of a Canadian protocol officer at a Russian embassy reception into a national scandal, more urgent issues of substance continued to be brushed under the rug. A glaring example is

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