ViewpointsOpinionThe Price of Democracy Is Free Speech for Our OpponentsSavePrintA woman stomps on a free speech sign at the University of California–Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2017. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty ImagesGerry Bowler6/15/2020|Updated: 6/15/2020CommentaryA number of Canadians seem to be having a problem with listening to people with whom they disagree.Share this articleLeave a commentGerry BowlerAuthorGerry Bowler is a Canadian historian and a senior fellow of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.Author’s Selected ArticlesAssassinated in the Tub: The Rise and Fall of French Revolutionary Extremist MaratJul 11, 2025Canada Day 2025: It’s Time for Canadians to Start Feeling Proud AgainJun 29, 2025Canada Bereft: The Spectacular Canadian War Memorial at Vimy RidgeJun 27, 2025How an 1811 Fur-Trading Deal on Vancouver Island Went Horribly WrongJun 13, 2025Related Topicsminoritiesracismfree speechhatedeplatform