Is Canada Ready For A North American Union?

The distribution of powers The essence of the U.S. Declaration of Independence is that it provides a philosophical basis for a government that exercises its legitimate power by the "consent of the governed." It defines the condition of a free people, whose rights and liberty are derived from their Creator. The U.S. Constitution then was developed consistently with the creed of human liberty proclaimed in the Declaration. On the contrary, Canadians never fought for independence. While a "Charter of Rights and Freedoms" was enacted in 1982, the Canadian Constitution is essentially the same as written by the British in 1867. The Canadian Constitution Act assigns all "powers" to the federal and provincial governments, from the "legitimate authority of parliament over public property" to raising taxes by "any mode or system of taxation," from the "establishment and management of hospitals" to the "solemnization of marriage." In addition, just to make sure it covers everything, the last clause of paragraph 92 (VI-92-16) states that provincial governments can "exclusively make laws in relation to … generally all matters of merely local or private nature in the province." This opposite understanding of "the hierarchy of power" is probably the main cause of the difference in attitude between Americans and Canadians with respect to government. But there are more fundamental rights and freedoms that Canada should be required to address before it can be part of a North American Union. More: http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59626

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