Abstract

Since September 11, 2001, a growing body of scholarship has traced the intensification of surveillance in countries of the industrialized West. However, less attention has been paid to analyzing the impact of surveillance of discourse, particularly public discourse normally considered a hallmark of liberal democratic freedoms of speech and association. In this article we consider the case of Canadian public discourse and illustrate how surveillance has intensified in relation to freedom of expression regarding the Israel/Palestine conflict. Drawing on accounts from media, government, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), we highlight notable moments in the Canadian state's deepening ties with Israel, tracing direct intervention in public discourse concerning the Israel/Palestine conflict. The regulation of public discourse on the part of state and non-state actors in Canada is aimed to influence universities, civil society events, access to meetings and events with international speakers, and even the expressions of NGOs abroad. In addition, the regulation of public discourse has impacted the securitization of borders, immigration, and surveillance in light of an ascribed terrorist threat. This has resulted in a new and distinct pattern of surveillance—or watching—of words, loyalty, and organizations, according to their presumed political views concerning the Israel/Palestine conflict. Resume: Depuis le 11 septembre 2001, un nombre croissant de recherches ont pour sujet l'intensification de la surveillance dans les pays industriels occidentaux. Toutefois, moins d'attention a ete accordee a l'analyse de l'impact de la surveillance sur les discours, notamment le discours public considere comme une caracteristique marquante des libertes democratiques et liberales de parole et d'association. Si l'on considere le cas du discours public canadien, il est possible de demontrer comment la surveillance s'est intensifiee en ce qui a trait a la liberte d'expression par rapport au conflit israelo-palestinien. En se penchant sur les temoignages des medias, du gouvernement et des organisations non gouvernementales, nous soulignons les moments marquants du renforcement des liens etroits noues entre le Canada et Israel, renforcement qui signale une intervention directe au sein du discours public relatif au conflit israelo-palestinien. Le controle du discours public de la part des acteurs etatiques et non etatiques vise a influencer les universites, les manifestations de la societe civile, l'acces aux rencontres et aux conferences avec des intervenants internationaux, et meme les propos des ONG a l'etranger. De plus, le controle du discours public a eut un impact sur la securisation des frontieres, sur l'immigration et sur la surveillance liee a la « menace terroriste ». Ceci a eut pour consequences un nouveau regime distinct de surveillance, ou l'on surveille les mots, les loyautes ainsi que les organisations, selon les presumees opinions politiques a propos du conflit israelo-palestinien.

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