Complex sentence: This piece compared the status of Duplessis in Quebec in Canada to that of an Indigenous ruler in an imperial colony, the parallel being that violations of civil rights and liberties, perpetrated by Duplessis, were tolerated by English Canadians.
Split into simpler sentences: This piece compared the status of Duplessis in Quebec in Canada to that of an Indigenous ruler in an imperial colony. The parallel being that violations of civil rights and liberties, perpetrated by Duplessis, were tolerated by English Canadians.