Tim,
I am a bit curious, how long have you lived in Sweden or maybe you are
Swedish? Did you know that most of todays "socialistic governance" in
Sweden, was modelled after US ideas and governance?
What do you know of Napoleonic law, other than that the Hansa and Napolean
system was the basis for almost all national governance? Does not Napolean
law have the strongest protection for individual property rights, this
because a corner stone in Napolean law is the notary system.
By the way, Britain/England does not have a constitution.
Hakan
At 09:40 AM 7/10/2005, you wrote:
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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