No, absolutely not.
I believe even more strongly that we have to stand up for these principles in the face of these threats. These principles are all we have. At the end of the day, all of our institutions and all of our laws are based on these foundational principles, which are the belief in freedom, the belief in human rights, the belief in democracy and the belief in the rule of law. They are not just the principles that the Canadian state is founded on, but also the principles that other western democracies are founded upon.
We are under pressure, clearly—not just Canada, but other democracies—from authoritarian states. Freedom House has published an annual survey for decades now that shows that democracies have been rocked back on their heels and are under pressure.