Canada's Sovereignty Has Been 'castrated'

Vote out the socialists and maybe Canada will be able to get it up again.

Canada is not a socialist country. Socialism occurs when property is forcibly and entirely collectified. There is no such state of affairs in this country. We are a capitalist state through and through. The frequent use of the term 'socialism' or 'socialist' by right wing fanatics against citizens who demand a certain level of social JUSTICE (instituting programmes of universal health care for example) within a capitalist society is, to put it lightly, a misinformed notion.

You are getting 'Socialism' and 'Communism' confused. Canada is a Socialist country, because we believe the government should do more for the people, and less for business.

Socialism and Capitalism are not incompatible. Capitalism and Communism are.


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"If you must kill a man, it costs you nothing to be polite about it." Winston Churchill

. . . But you are correct in that the extreme right confuses 'liberal', 'socialist' and 'communist' all too frequently in order to further their goals.


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"If you must kill a man, it costs you nothing to be polite about it." Winston Churchill

Most of them KNOW the difference, but they still say it to smear those that don't agree with them. It is a prototypical angle undertaken by much of the rightwing here in Canada. They learned the tactic well from the United States.

"The result is a diminished Canadian State" - hopefully, but when?

We have a huge gov't taxing Canadians to death, if anything the State is larger now than it has ever been. While it's true we have neutered ourselves internationally, gov't has only become bigger and more entrenched in the domestic affairs of our lives in recent years, and this is endlessly expensive and intrusive.

This is a common perjorative refrain from "paleo-cons" who try define things in the terms of cold war rhetoric without understanding the meaning.

The way I understand socialism is when goverment owns the production or means of production of goods and services. Nowhere in any definition do I read that regulation of business is socialsim.

Pronunciation: 'sO-sh&-"li-z&m
Function: noun
1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3 : a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

From #1 and #2 above...I cannot see how Canada is socialist, perhaps in #3 with respect to the unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done!

No,in Canda the "ship" left socialism along time ago, and if we allow closer integration with the collapsong empire to the south of us, we will be in danger of docking in the port of "fascism".

fas·cism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (fshzm)
n.
often Fascism
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.

A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.

Oppressive, dictatorial control.

How do you spell pedantry?

i've read clarkson's book. it's awesome; he's like canada's chomsky

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"George Bush has declared the war on terrorism to be the cause of his generation. The cause of Canadian sovereignty will be ours." - John Godfrey, MP for Don Va

There's a difference between the Canadian state used to refer to the government of canada versus the same phrase used to refer to canada the nation. I believe the above article is using it in the second sense, i.e. saying the sovereignty of every single person who chooses to live in Canada is being diminished. If I wanted to live an american lifestyle, I would move to the US. Since I want to live as a Canadian, I obviously prefer Canadian culture. When the 'state' is diminished, so is the sovereignty, aka the ability to choose one's own environment.

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Canadians are asking, why do americans hate us? They hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to disagree with each other.

I have to read that book....the thing that Clarkson brings also is less of a radical image, hence more credibility in established circles.

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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter --

Winston Churchill

where there is abundant ignorance...perhaps a little education can be a good thing.

especially since he's a rhodes scholar, part of the "establishment", etc etc

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"George Bush has declared the war on terrorism to be the cause of his generation. The cause of Canadian sovereignty will be ours." - John Godfrey, MP for Don Va

Kind of puts a damper on the "every Rhodes scholar is an evil, corrupt globalist" conspiracy theory....maybe just most of them.

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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter --

Winston Churchill