I showed up at the final Forever Canada rally at the Alberta Legislature as one of the only Alberta independence supporters in a crowd of Canadian nationalists. I came to ask questions, challenge ideas, and have conversations. Instead, I was met with hostility, insults, swearing, and people who clearly didn’t want me there. At times, police officers had to stand nearby for my protection. Here’s the irony: These people were rallying to defend Canada, a country that supposedly stands for freedom of expression and democratic debate. Yet some couldn’t tolerate one Albertan peacefully expressing a different political opinion. If Canada is worth defending, shouldn’t freedom of expression be worth defending too? Watch and judge for yourself. youtu.be/_ezf_hnuR0U