I don't know if it's the same question or not, but I wanted to follow up on this issue of an offence versus a threat. I want to consider a few excerpts that were posted on the Internet to try to give you a handle on this.
Anonymous tells Minister Toews they're not bluffing, and that they'll give him seven days to reflect upon his personal and political crimes. Anonymous then demands Minister Toews' immediate resignation, as well as the scrapping of Bills C-30 and C-11 in their entirety. They say they “know all about” Minister Toews and threaten to release more information during Operation White North unless he accedes to their demands.
I recognize those are not physical threats, but it appears to me that they are clear threats against our democracy. If a person or a group can threaten to subvert the legislative agenda of any government, is that not a threat?