Civil liberties are in the eye of the beholder

On Monday, the Conservatives filibustered an attempt to by opposition parties to start hearings into the biggest mass arrest in Canadian history.

On Sunday, the Conservatives demanded hearings into their own decision to change the census, in part so that, in the words of Maxime Bernier, the opposition parties can "explain to Canadians why they want the state and the government of Canada to know lots of details from their private lives."