Prime Minister Harper pretty much confirmed it:
‘Our laws and police powers need to be strengthened’
Yup. Never let a crisis go to waste. I’m very sad that MPs and their staff were scared, and I’m sadder that a soldier lost his life. But one attack does not justify increasing the police state. However, if Harper wants it done, it will be done, a Canadian Prime Minister with a majority might is very close to a dictator, and in practical terms only the Supreme Court can check him.
Freedom in the West, such as it was, was nice while it lasted.