>But take mineral rights and healthcare for instance. If I own property and >discover gold, if I understand it correctly, Canadian law states that the >country has the rights to the gold, not me. > >Is that not correct?
Not quite you have to make a claim with the government. From Natural Resources Canada In Canada, surface rights and mineral rights came with the purchase of land until some time in the early 1900s, depending on the jurisdiction. Since then, mineral rights have been government-owned and cannot be purchased, but only leased, by individuals or companies. As a result, the mineral rights on more than 90% of Canada's land are currently owned by governments. Where mineral rights are privately owned, they can be sold independently of surface rights, so that surface and mineral rights on the same property can be held by different owners. As per the Canadian Constitution, the regulation of mining activities on publicly owned mineral leases falls under provincial/territorial government jurisdiction. Thus, there is separate mining rights legislation for each of the thirteen Canadian jurisdictions except Nunavut (the northern and eastern portions of the former Northwest Territories that became a separate territory on April 1, 1999). http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/efab/tmrd/inv_6.htm So it really depends on what province you are in. larry > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:30 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) >> >> Well all I know is that Tim claimed that it was socialist because the >> large >> industries are government owned and something about property rights, >> neither of which is true. I have been in the states a long time but I have >> family in Canada and ya they own houses, work and pay taxes in very much >> the same way that I do. >> >> 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
