Now that protesters have burned the Canadian flag and shouted “Death to Canada” on the steps of the old Vancouver courthouse, might the prime minister be prompted to action?

Not in his usual way, with a solemn, “This is not who we are” pronouncement, but with something more concrete, something that might alleviate, even stop, the hate on our streets?

Lest anyone has been asleep for the past year, all is not well in Canadian society. We have entered a dark time, a very dark time.