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Al Jazeera
Politics
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

As US grapples with January 6, Canada ‘shouldn’t be complacent’

Symbols popular among right-wing Americans, including the Confederate battle flag, were seen during far-right protests in the Canadian capital Ottawa earlier this year [File: Patrick Doyle/Reuters]

Montreal, Canada – As the United States grapples with far-right extremism and threats to its democratic institutions in fresh January 6 Capitol riot hearings, experts in Canada say the nation should not view what happened south of the border as an isolated incident.

Distrust in government – and the threat of populist violence – also pose a growing problem in Canada, analysts argue, pointing to recent protests that paralysed the capital Ottawa as only one of the most recent examples.

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