Harper and the Canadian Constitution

[GostHacked]

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...ent-060402.html

"Ultimately, there will have to be constitutional changes," Harper said in an interview with CBC Radio's The House on the weekend.

but

The prime minister also said that any revisiting of the constitution would have to involve concerns from all of "the population of Canada."

Every single one of us has a responsibility to participate in these changes. We all have a say in this. I do agree the west needs more equality, but I think we have appeased Quebec long enough. Any changes to the constitution should be scrutinized to the nth degree.

Learn about your constitution

http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/const/index.html

http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Canada

And your Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Char...ts_and_Freedoms

The more you know about it, the better informed you are, the more say you can have!! This is important.

[geoffrey]

The west needs way more equality, if I don't see major reforms in giving us a voice, then really, I think its time for us to pack up and take our money elsewhere.

It's sad when you pay for the rest of Canada, yet you get such little respect and say in the decision making process. Just a bunch of crazy Alberta hicks I guess.

All the provinces should have more autonomy, Canada is too big and too sparsley populated to actually believe there is a common idealism between Vancouver and Winnipeg or Calgary and Toronto. Or Canada and Quebec.

[Bakunin]

I think that a constitution is the heart of a country, if it cannot be built to satisfy evry region of the country then it has no value and the current constitution has no value. If a country can't have that then it doesnt deserve to exist.

[geoffrey]

I think that a constitution is the heart of a country, if it cannot be built to satisfy evry region of the country then it has no value and the current constitution has no value. If a country can't have that then it doesnt deserve to exist.

Here here!

Canada is more a mingling of independant states anyways, why must we keep living this costly lie? Either fix it, or end it.

[cybercoma]

Forget the west's equality. The east needs some serious help.

[geoffrey]

Forget the west's equality. The east needs some serious help.

Eh?

I've never heard anyone arguing for Eastern equality...

[Bakunin]

I think that a constitution is the heart of a country, if it cannot be built to satisfy evry region of the country then it has no value and the current constitution has no value. If a country can't have that then it doesnt deserve to exist.

Here here!

Canada is more a mingling of independant states anyways, why must we keep living this costly lie? Either fix it, or end it.

Exactly, what is the point of forming a country if we can't enjoy it and be proud of it...

[idealisttotheend]

I think that this topic is what will ultimately rate the success of the new regime against the success of the old. Chretien, with the arrogance of a populist, feared opening the constitution above all else because he saw the strife and problems it brought to both Trudeau and Mulroney. Harper, with the arrogance of a technocrat, looks at the current situation and sees that it is time for a renewal and sees his chance to jump in with both feet and accomplish it (plus he realizes that Quebec is now his best hope for both a majority and to helping keep the Liberals out of office).

IMV Harper's arrogance is too high because he only has a minority government and he should wait until either the people give him the nation wide majority to legitimize his quest to change the constitution or he gets voted out. Trying constitutional change on a minority and with a brand new government is dangerous.

But then maybe he is just setting the stage by talking about it and then using it as leverage against the Bloc and the Liberals in the next election. Time will tell.

[Hicksey]

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...ent-060402.html

"Ultimately, there will have to be constitutional changes," Harper said in an interview with CBC Radio's The House on the weekend.

but

The prime minister also said that any revisiting of the constitution would have to involve concerns from all of "the population of Canada."

Every single one of us has a responsibility to participate in these changes. We all have a say in this. I do agree the west needs more equality, but I think we have appeased Quebec long enough. Any changes to the constitution should be scrutinized to the nth degree.

Learn about your constitution

http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/const/index.html

http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Canada

And your Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Char...ts_and_Freedoms

The more you know about it, the better informed you are, the more say you can have!! This is important.

This seems like another 'OoOo ... Scary Harper' thread. Harper's going to change the constitution ... OoOo

Did he say how? Did he say what changes he wanted made? We can make inferences from the election campaign, but without the numbers he'd hoped for in the house its doubtful he would make those moves, so such speculation wouldn't be fruitful anyway.

And not to mention the source ... it may as well have come directly from the Liberal party itself.