The Acadians: expulsion and return -- Louis riel and the new nation -- Laurier and the Separate Schools -- The Banished Canadians: Mackenzie King and the Japanese Canadians -- The Communist party and the limits o dissent -- Jehovah's Witnessee: church, state and religious dissent -- Democracy and terror: October, 1970 -- The Nishga Indians and aboriginal rights-- Epilogue: towards the regime of tolerance -- The Constitution Act, 1981 -- The charterof reignts and freedom -- Rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada

1. Civil rights -- Canada -- History
2. Minorities -- Canada -- History
3. Dissenters -- Canada -- History