Bruce Pardy: On Speech and Conduct, Repressive Tolerance Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Bruce Pardy: On Speech and Conduct, Repressive Tolerance Is a Feature, Not a Bug
Police face off with Freedom Convoy demonstrators in Ottawa on Feb. 19, 2022. Alex Kent/Getty Images
Bruce Pardy
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It’s OK to insult conservatives, truckers, and vaccine skeptics, but it’s not OK to insult Jagmeet Singh, the leader of the federal NDP. That’s the lesson to be taken from acting Peterborough police chief Tim Farquharson. After protesters at a May 10 provincial election rally in Peterborough called Singh a traitor, Farquharson called their actions “morally unacceptable” and their belief systems “reprehensible, unconscionable, and in some cases, criminal.”