Good for Canada - they showed a lot of spine in criticising Saudi Arabia this summer and they're showing a lot of spine with this. Combined with the UK's seizu

Good for Canada - they showed a lot of spine in criticising Saudi Arabia this summer and they're showing a lot of spine with this. Combined with the UK's seizure of Facebook documents, it's a great week for assertive liberal democracies. Let's hope we're setting ourselves up for a 2019 where we'll get some sunlight into all the dark places that have been building up for the last couple of decades.