Hi Kim:
Kim Travis wrote:
Actually I think Canada was hijacked long before Regan, it was Trudeau
that did it. He took a strong independent country and put in all
kinds of extravegant government services.
He also patriated a constitution that stripped all the rights we had
under english common law (infinite, unless restricted by statute,
precident or nature), and implemented a "bill of rights" that gave us
back a few under a napoleonic law premise (none, unless specified). For
example, Canadians don't have the right to own property.
He gave the people $1.31 worth of services for every $1 we paid in
taxes. This went on for 17 years, since Canada has no term limits. A
whole generation came to adulthood and had their kids under this kind
of greed, so when it came time to pay the piper, well you know how the
rest of the story goes. If you are going to ask me where I got the
figures, frankly I no longer remember the source. It was researched
thoroughly back in my college days.
The government (read bureaucrats) has also looked to Sweden as an
"ideal" form of socialistic governance, and have been systematically
trying to emulate it through regulation and changes to law. Compared to
what Canada was when I was a young man, it's an overbearing, stifling,
overregulated nightmare.
As to what Canada has been up to for the last 13 years, I am just a
visitor now and then. I live in Texas and don't follow the Canadian
news much. I have had lots to learn living in a new country and
learning how to create a sustainable farm. I was a city girl, till
Texas. I do hear my kids and my family B***** but I have no real
knowledge of what is happening there anymore.
Neither do most of the people that live there, or at least they're too
apathetic to look like they do.
At 03:59 PM 7/9/2005, chris b. wrote:
hi, kim. perhaps my understanding of the political trajectory is
more limited than i give myself credit for, but i've kind of had the
notion that canada's political process was hijacked in the same way
as the u.s.' during the reagan era (though perhaps somewhat more
discretely?). thanks for the confirmation.
and perhaps i'm naive in this, but it does seem to me that canadian
society hasn't sunk quite as low as down here south of the border.
Actually, when I moved to the US, it was like a breath of fresh air.
all in all, you might call it "u.s.a. /light/"? ;^,
No, Sweden light. Canadians generally find being mistaken as Americans
as extremely distasteful. They're much too "sophisticated and
intelligent" to be Americans.
Best regards... Tim
--
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