tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post5131921904003952507..comments2024-03-18T20:18:14.088-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: The Economics Of CoercionOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-50901431935995783382014-03-11T02:29:58.543-04:002014-03-11T02:29:58.543-04:00Your last sentence sums up the argument, e.a.f. J...Your last sentence sums up the argument, e.a.f. John A. Macdonald sold federalism to the four original colonies on the basis that they were better off united than as separate entities.<br /><br />And Harper claims to be walking in Macdonald's footsteps.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-64036811134233945802014-03-10T21:31:24.795-04:002014-03-10T21:31:24.795-04:00If oil can stevie is re-elected, Quebec will certa...If oil can stevie is re-elected, Quebec will certainly leave. There would be no reason to stay and Quebec would be a "freer" country. Once the break up of Canada begins, all that will be left of Canada will be Quebec.<br /><br />oil can has done much to remove federalims from the mainstream. federalism doesn't play much of a role in Candian life anymore. Not that oil can started it, he just hassened it. There isn't much to hold Canada together anymore. Once oil can guts our medical system and the transfer payments, why stay in Canada, if a province thinks it can do better. <br /><br />I don't know if the north south axis will have a stronger appeal, but some of the provinces can and will go it alone. Why put up with oil can's attitudes, when you can have your own country and have a more progressive country. The federal government started this when they started getting rid of Post Offices and it went down hill from there. If a federal government is not offering services, why belong to a federal organization.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-59249104261224019662014-03-09T15:31:16.968-04:002014-03-09T15:31:16.968-04:00Thirty-five years ago, Toby, I sat in a Canadian H...Thirty-five years ago, Toby, I sat in a Canadian History class at the University of Manitoba with Gordon Rothney, who was a superb historian.<br /><br />He predicted that Quebec would eventually separate, because the North-South axis on this continent would eventually triumph over the East-West ties which held Canada together.<br /><br />We used to discuss that thesis. On my pessimistic days, I think Dr. Rothney was right.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-48020760215345738012014-03-09T14:53:48.295-04:002014-03-09T14:53:48.295-04:00Questions: Do you think that the decent into Ameri...Questions: Do you think that the decent into American madness would have happened without Harper? He certainly helped it along but was it happening anyway? Are the forces of economic madness inevitable? Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-55699045910464243892014-03-09T12:21:11.072-04:002014-03-09T12:21:11.072-04:00It's no accident, Mogs, that those you claim s...It's no accident, Mogs, that those you claim say they stand for freedom legislate repression.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-4093535953610593342014-03-09T12:09:09.120-04:002014-03-09T12:09:09.120-04:00We are descending into an American style of utter ...We are descending into an American style of utter madness where the rule of law has become synonymous with state enforced terrorism. Hence the Harper Imperium's new jails and the criminalizing of dissent or mere objection to government policy.<br /><br />This is why the imperium needs to control voting and voter lists, although not made public it is criminal in the Imperium's mind to vote other than for CPC. Stephen has a petty mind and out pictures it as a petty tyrant.<br /><br />MogsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com