Jerry J. Fortin

Its a bad thing because creating a province would upset the balance of power in the Commons and those who hold that power will not allow it and in so doing deprive the affected citizens from the same level of government that provinces enjoy, its discriminatory. Aside from that I am not sure that you can get away with saying an act of parliament is a whim. Taking away property rights is a matter of shared jurisdiction? Then there are no limits to those jurisdictions then are there, just change the constitution to grant the government the powers to take something away from citizens. Why not try that with abortion or human rights? The government can manipulate the system to the ends desired at any time. All they have to do is declare a legislation a matter of confidence and throw a loop into the system. The Crown has NO control over that action and neither do the citizens.

You have no right to own property, we lost that with the 1982 Constitution. Witness the gun registry for your right to own guns. look what happens to folks who speak their minds in a human rights tribunal. Look what happened to English speaking citizens in Quebec. Now tell me there are no issues......

Definitely not.

I would love to actually believe that. Life would be so much simpler if that was true, but it isn't. The 1982 Constitution took away your right to own property. It took away the ability to use a simple act of Parliament to create new provinces and made that act subject to the same rules as that which apply to the constitution. Where were the limits to its authority in those actions. The government has the ability to close the doors to the House of Commons on a whim. Nothing can be done about that in a court of law. Where is the limit to the power of a PM to call an election?

I think not. Correct is a subjective word defined by each culture to its own ends. Look at the competition between communism and capitalism.

The difference is substantial to be sure, but the effects are the same only more wide spread. Boom is boom! A pellet gun can kill you as dead as a 45, it just takes longer. Dead is dead, you don't walk away. So from my view, a bomb that destroys New York is just as tragic as a bomb that blows up Barrhead, people die either way.

Of course not! I need nothing more from the government than I already have in terms of services provided and delivered. I don't collect any form of assistance, nor do I require it. I pay my own way, don't use credit and don't owe anybody any money. The solution I offer is one of common sense. Get the government out of our pockets and bedrooms. Let citizens own their own property, and let citizens live in peace free from government interference. Freedom of religion and speech, freedom from hatred and persecution, protection from domestic harm within the nation and protection from all harm outside of the nation. The zealots who would declare that all things are rosy in this nation are deluding themselves. There are problems that need to be addressed and changes that need to be made. These things need to be considered outside of the hallowed halls of government by citizens without agendas. What the citizens need can only be determined by the citizens, not the government.

I agree completely, but the NDP isn't new. The dippers will never gain enough seats to form a government. Aside from that NDP isn't exactly what we need, its too far to the left. The Conservatives are too far to the right, and the Liberals want to be everyones answer in the middle, epic failure in a couple of words. The problem isn't just the partisan factions and their ideologies, but the system itself being pegged to partisan administration which prevents correct solutions due to flawed partisan concepts. New is exactly what we need, but the nation resists the concept. At best in the foreseeable future lays a coalition of concepts from both the left and the right. The country needs solutions based upon the needs of citizens not party policies or partisan ideologies. The needs of the citizens are simple. All we need is increased disposable incomes, the government is in complete control of that. We already have cradle to grave benefits, no new social programs are needed. So the way to get increased disposable incomes for citizens is through reformation of government revenue streams, that can be done. Putting money in the pockets of citizens will yield huge public support. The only concern there is dealing with the debt issues and that comes from monetary reforms. The government can do that as well.

Boom is still boom. Nuclear weapons whether fission or fusion make a large mess. If the size of the hole in the ground is the concern, then simply do an air explosion like the Americans did in Japan. Aside from that the blast radius just kills more people. As you are aware tens of thousands were killed in Japan. If the goal is to kill hundreds of thousands then by all means use a bigger bomb. I would suggest that even a small nuke is a bad nuke. A small nuke blast is more than enough to cause all kinds of problems don't you think?

The drip exists within the government as well. The Minister of Defense is under some political attack as you are aware. The Liberals are only an opposition party, nobody really cares what happens to them until the government is in danger of falling.

Then you have no worries.

The link between Al Gore and global warming is awesome. His weight gave the entire mass velocity. The funny thing is that there was a hidden agenda. We are just now seeing what that is. It is a transfer of wealth from the people to the governments and from the first and second world to the third world. Strangely it all comes back to investment capital, the public sidebar is global warming and the private reality is dollars and cents.

Government spending focuses on their credit rating and access to capital. From there spending is determined on a department to department basis. The bell that hasn't been rung yet is the debt to asset ratio or GDP to debt ratio. Keep your ears and eyes open, there is a finite limit to spending. Bankers will carry you into bankruptcy and beyond as long as you keep paying them. The line in the sand is the ability to make payments.

You don't think the Iranians can do it? Not even with the help of Pakistan, the home of the Muslim bomb?

As much of a problem as it is, our health care system is one of the best in the world, but it could be better.

There is a way out folks. Its called tax revolt. Starve the bastards out, lay siege to the government through revenue stream manipulation. Contest all taxes as individuals, lay claim to equal treatment with business. Declare withholding taxes discriminatory. We need to get the attention of government. They do work for us, and we can prove it.

In Canada you don't elect the leader. In Canada you don't elect a government. In Canada your one lousy vote lets you support a representative from a political party that elects its own leader. The number of elected representatives doesn't even elect a government, that is the function of the Governor General who selects which partisan group or even in theory groups to form a government. The people have no say about what government is formed and who is the big cheese at the PMO's office. What portion of democracy allows that to happen?

Greed, apathy, the standards for an "enlightened" society.

I think we should. I think it would have done us more good than bailing out GM and Chysler.

Probably explains their success at business don't you think? Granted when they come to town a lot of small business folds up and retires, but the bottom line is still the consumer.

The intent is to raise the standard of living. That doesn't mean any one segment or demographic, but instead that of all citizens.

I simply believe that since we need this stuff we should do it for ourselves. If it works, and I think it would, then we could take the show on the road. It beats buying foreign products and employs our own people. It keeps a dollars in country and would serve well to increase employment. In addition it may even provide an added revenue stream for the government.

Niche marketing. 80 percent of the world is poor, that is the target audience. All of those little cities in India and China. Design and construct basically off grid systems for Canadians and you will be building exactly what you need for the targeted export market.

All well and good folks, but the problem in Canada is a constitution that does not define and limit the powers and authorities of government.

Because our votes don't count at all.....