‘Creeping Authoritarianism’ in Canada: Journalist Shares Cautionary Tale With US House Committee

Rupa Subramanya shared examples including Ottawa’s push for the ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ ideology and suppression of the Freedom Convoy.

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, on Dec. 20, 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

A Canada-based journalist has shared a cautionary tale with a U.S. House subcommittee highlighting a “creeping authoritarianism” within the Canadian government that she says is eroding free speech and individual liberty in the country.

Rupa Subramanya, a journalist with The Free Press, was testifying on Nov. 30 before the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. She began by asking the audience to imagine her as a time traveller in a time when citizens, in the name of the common good and social justice, face unjust penalties for supporting political views that differ from those of the government.