It's very funny to see the brains of all the Americans who are unaware of freedom of expression laws in other Western countries entirely melt whenever headlines like these show up.
I can assure you, this is not China or the USSR. Our press, elections, and democratic institutions are free. Nobody is getting or will be thrown in jail for expressing their political opinions, unless it's calling for the death of a group of people or bodily harm to a protected class.
People have veen jailed for less. Try giving out a free paper against [insert list of taboo subjects].
In many ways you have more freedom to speakout in those countries as long as it's not the government. In Canada you can speak out against the government in a limited way but are forbidden to for other topics and some topics they will allow only if it's politically correct but if that changes you are liable for those statements too.
You're going to need to cite some sources for claims like that to be taken seriously. I'd love to see some evidence of people jailed for nothing but political dissent in Canada.
I can assure you, this is not China or the USSR. Our press, elections, and democratic institutions are free. Nobody is getting or will be thrown in jail for expressing their political opinions, unless it's calling for the death of a group of people or bodily harm to a protected class.