On Caledonia
I have been thinking about whether to comment on this subject for some time, and Steve Janke has finally given me the pieces to put together a commentary:
Steve Janke: Angry in the Great White North
As I understand it, the natives lost in court because they couldn't convince a judge that they had any valid claim to the land. Therefore, they have taken to arguably criminal action to intimidate the provincial government into giving them what they couldn't get through legal means.
The provincial government has now decided to buy out the homeowners in Caledonia so they can give the land to the natives. They are using taxpayers money to pay the a criminal organization to make the problem go away. This is called extortion. A further criminal enterprises.
The primary reason McGuinty's government can do this is that the homeowners of Caledonia, like all other individual Canadians, have no right to property. This is a result of the Marxist ideals of Mr. Trudeau and the drafters of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms who completely understood that property rights are perhaps the greatest limit to the power of the state, and they didn't want to limit the power of the state over the individual. This is because Mr. Trudeau was not a liberal in the classical sense. He was a socialist.
This situation in Caledonia also shows that one key failing of Canada's democracy is that individuals do not have "equality before the law". Democracy in Canada slowly slides towards autocracy and oligarchy because some groups within society (ie. aboriginal groups) have greater rights than individuals or other groups.
Therefore, in order to prevent a multitude of Caledonia's from happening, the people of Canada must demand that the Government of Canada, and the governments of the provinces, revise the Constitution to ensure that property rights are enshrined, and that all individuals have absolute equality before the law.
Steve Janke: Angry in the Great White North
As I understand it, the natives lost in court because they couldn't convince a judge that they had any valid claim to the land. Therefore, they have taken to arguably criminal action to intimidate the provincial government into giving them what they couldn't get through legal means.
The provincial government has now decided to buy out the homeowners in Caledonia so they can give the land to the natives. They are using taxpayers money to pay the a criminal organization to make the problem go away. This is called extortion. A further criminal enterprises.
The primary reason McGuinty's government can do this is that the homeowners of Caledonia, like all other individual Canadians, have no right to property. This is a result of the Marxist ideals of Mr. Trudeau and the drafters of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms who completely understood that property rights are perhaps the greatest limit to the power of the state, and they didn't want to limit the power of the state over the individual. This is because Mr. Trudeau was not a liberal in the classical sense. He was a socialist.
This situation in Caledonia also shows that one key failing of Canada's democracy is that individuals do not have "equality before the law". Democracy in Canada slowly slides towards autocracy and oligarchy because some groups within society (ie. aboriginal groups) have greater rights than individuals or other groups.
Therefore, in order to prevent a multitude of Caledonia's from happening, the people of Canada must demand that the Government of Canada, and the governments of the provinces, revise the Constitution to ensure that property rights are enshrined, and that all individuals have absolute equality before the law.
posted by Technical Bard | 08:48
3 Comments:
While I'd support the restoration of our right to own property, I think the bigger issue in this case is the government's unwillingness to enforce its own laws. As you say, the natives are engaging in criminal activity. The government's response can be none other than a police action.
Great post! I just linked to
it
I am so glad that people outside of Ontario are starting to pick up on this story. This problem will not necessarily stay in Ontario. We need a national solution to these kinds of disputes.
"As I understand it, the natives lost in court because they couldn't convince a judge that they had any valid claim to the land."
where's this link?
the land claims at ohsweken (six nations of the grand) has been ongoing for more than ten years (as all native claims seem to draw out to the point where some alternative action is necessary). it's certainly not a simple matter you generalize so stridently.
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