Canada and Quebec are not immune to an authoritarian drift

Liberal democracy is retreating around the world, giving way to increasingly authoritarian governments. One of the most eloquent examples is of course south of our border with Donald Trump. But are Canada, and Quebec, safe from such a drift? Nothing is less certain, says constitutionalist Louis-Philippe Lampron in his most recent essay “Democracy will not defend itself on its own.”

“Trump can come to us too. All the loopholes he is trying to exploit also exist here,” said the law professor at Laval University in an interview with The Canadian Press.

Canada and Quebec are not immune to an authoritarian drift