Social 30 Unit 3- Challenges & Impositions of Liberalism

Challenges to liberalism

When something happens through the use of liberal principles that might make the continued use of liberal principles more difficult.

Imposition of Liberalism

When a group forces liberal political principles on to another group or nation

Illiberalism

A system that claims to be a liberal democracy, but is, in reality not. It's elections may not be free and fair, rights might be violated commonly, etc.

Ideas that go against principles of liberalism

Emergency Legislation

War Measures Act

an Canadian legislation that gives the federal government emergency powers during wartime, including the right to detain people without laying charges. Used during WWI, WWII and the October Crisis

Internment of Japanese Canadians

Japanese Canadians were placed in camps because the government was afraid of spies and sabotage during WWII.

October Crisis (1970)

The Quiet revolution aimed at peacefully enhancing opportunities for Francophones. Unhappy with the slow results the FLQ was founded in 1963 and used bombing and armed robberies to further its goals. On Oct.5 they abducted James Cross, and then Pierre Laporte on the 10. Laporte was also murdered. On the 16 Trudeau enacted the War Measures Act.

Economic imposition

When a group forces liberal economic principles on to another group or nation

Examples of Challenges to liberalism

Collective rights, pandemics, environmental concerns, extremism

Examples of liberal impositions

Assimilation of FNMI, Germany & Japan post WWII, Afghanistan & Iraq

Examples of illiberalism

Emergency legislation, policing, illiberal democracies

Examples of economic impositions

WTO, IMF, World Bank

civil libertarian

a person who actively supports or works for the protection or expansion of civil liberties

Internment of Enemy Aliens

Suspension of individual rights and internment of people from Germany and Austria-Hungary in Canada during WWI

Enabling Act

Illiberal law that gave Hitler the powers of a dictator in !930s Germany

Patriot Act (2001)

Illiberal law that suspends individual legal and mobility rights in the USA post 9/11.

Bill C-51 Anti-Terrorism Act

law passed by the Harper government in 2015 that broadened the authority of government agencies such as CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Services) to share information about individuals with other agencies and countries, raising concerns about privacy and Charter rights

Public Works Protection Act

Law created in Ontario during the G20 Summit. Forced citizens of Toronto to submit to searches and show ID in downtown Toronto

Civil Disobedience

A form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences. Involves the right to dissent and peaceful assembly

Suffrage

the right to vote in elections

Women's Suffrage Movement

the fight to extend to women all rights of citizenships, including but not limited to the right to vote.

Apartheid

A social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites. Laws are no longer in effect

Indian Act of 1876

Canadian law that controls all aspects of Indigenous life including "Indian Status", creation of Residential Schools, right to vote, right to practice traditional ceremonies and beliefs. Created a paternalistic relationship between the govt and indigenous people

White Paper

Pierre Trudeau. Proposed to eliminate treaties, the Indian Act and and everything else keeping Inuit and First Nations people distinct

Red Paper 1970

Response to the White Papers from Indigenous leaders that fought for the continuation of collective rights

World Bank

A specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for economic development, trade promotion, and debt consolidation. Its formal name is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Example of a liberal economic imposition

IMF

Agency that provides short term loans for countries facing financial crisis. Structural Adjustment loans impose harsh conditions on the country receiving the loan.

Example of a liberal economic imposition