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To: TGPTNDR who wrote (127272)	11/4/2000 12:24:11 PM
From: stribe30	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570570

TGPTNDR claimed that: "Canada is a 'States Rights' country compared with the US. No US politition would try to advocate the limits to central power you have(Unfortunately)." I dont particularly agree with this statement.. Canada is a federation of provinces which forms the country of Canada. The original British North America Act in 1867, and later the canadian Constitution in 1982, clearly divides what are provinces powers and what are federal powers. It is true that the provinces have a lot more say in such things as reforming any constitutional changes that are proposed or such.. but I'm not sure that I would classify our federal government as weak or decentralized necessarily. True.. there have been calls to decentralize and give the provinces more control over more things, but that has been resisted strongly byt hose who do not agree with that view. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms invoked in 1982 more then anything is designed to guarantee certain inalienable rights that no one (such as the provinces) can violate. The federal government and the federal courts are designed to make sure of this. "George is much more states rights than Al. You should love him up there. What does that say about your love of country?" You didnt read the National Post piece on the poll in depth enough. Liberalism is the predominant political culture.. and any states rights advocacy that Bush pushes that might get some support here from a certain part of the population gets immediately swept away by the fact most of his political ideology and that of the Republicans is strongly opposed by a majority of the Canadian population. And I can tell you for a fact Canadians love their country as much as anyone; we just do it in a quieter manner then you guys south of the border (most of the time)