Tim, you have reached my research quota for the day. If you really want to debate this, I suggest you find me more than one or two examples of state-owned industry and get back to me. Right now I can't think of any, though I suppose the james bay project and anything else that big probably have some government funding. But then I bring up the Tennessee Valley Authority. That's off the top of my head. When I think industry I think of the Ford plant in Brampton, the paper mills in Ottawa and Sault Ste Marie, and the mining interests up north. All of these are privately owned, well, Ford is a corporation and maybe some of the others are too, but they are not government agancies.
Assuming you are correct about the mineral rights (this is not a topic I have researched) this does not socialism make. There very much *is* private property in Canada, sorry. I have actually never paid taxes in Canada. Educate me. Do a compare and contrast with the US system. Should be interesting. Heald, Tim writes: > Define socialist. > > Large industry owned by the state - true > > Property rights null when mineral rights are involved - true > > High taxation to support social programs - true > > What is your criteria for socialism? > > Timothy Heald > Information Systems Specialist > Overseas Security Advisory Council > U.S. Department of State > 571.345.2235 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:16 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: woo hoo > > > 1.You are wrong > > 2.Many of the basic principles are still similar. The definition of public > would seem to be an example. > > Dana > > Heald, Tim writes: > > > 1. Yes, Canada is a socialist nation. > > > > 2. The U.S. is not a common wealth nation. I seem to remember something > > about our having a revolutionary war in order to break away from the laws > > and policies of that country. > > > > Timothy Heald > > Information Systems Specialist > > Overseas Security Advisory Council > > U.S. Department of State > > 571.345.2235 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:28 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: woo hoo > > > > > > Canada is a socialist country??? > > > > ::walks off shaking her head::: > > > > Dana > > > > PS- the definition of public would derive from British law in all three > > cases. But think what you like. > > > > Dana > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
