That's not to say that Canada shrugs off the decrees of radical imams. Canada has strong laws against hate speech, and the country's commission governing television and radio allowed Al Jazeera on the air only if cable and satellite distributors monitored its programs 24 hours a day. The agency also allowed cable companies to alter or delete "abusive comments" from Al Jazeera programs.

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Yet since the London bombings senior Canadian officials have made increasingly stronger comments about security dangers, and a poll last week showed that Canadians favor tough security measures over civil liberties. The Globe and Mail and CTV found that 72 percent of Canadians support placing video cameras in public places, and 81 percent favor "deporting or jailing anyone who publicly supports terrorist bombers." CLIFFORD KRAUSS

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