I am confused as to why she needed so much security. I am from Calgary, and I attend the UofC where she was scheduled to speak. Things are different in Canada and the threat of violence at these events is almost negligible.
Did you happen to see any of the video coverage or still photos of the near-riot outside the Ottawa campus during Miss Coulter's visit? It was extensive, and it was frightening. I would have cancelled too, if I had not been able to be effectively protected.
I saw a video of Miss Coulter's speech at Calgary, and you could hear the 'nonviolent Canadians' outside, beating on the plastic windows as she was speaking.
When you refer to 'these events', Miss Coulter has never spoken in Canada before her tour this year, and I haven't heard of a speaker from the Right with a similar level of notoriety attempting to speak publicly in Canada before, so I question any comparison to previous events.
No, things are not different in Canada. Those people are Communists, and they won't respect Canadian customs any more than the 9/11 hijackers respected American ones -- and for the same reason: they're at war with you.
Want to know about Communist street politics? Ask any Frenchman above the age of 65, who was there before Charles DeGaulle came to power in the 50's. I've seen the old newsreel footage, and I'll wager you haven't. So ask our Froggy friend about Communists and their politics of the street. Ask him how those guys play.