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To: arun gera who wrote (38887)	8/17/2008 12:39:24 PM
From: glenn_a	Respond to of 217835

arun gera. ((Do you think Canada is what it is, as it has quietly been on the side of the right mafia/power bloc (USA or UK) for the last 200 years?)) Great point! I meant the "society", the people, not the State. The Canadian state is a odd creature. Generally, as far as domestic policy goes, I do feel Canada has good governance (although the Mulroney years were very unpleasant). Much of this is to do a strong "socialist" inspired party that arose out of the 1930's - the NDP party. Canada had a survey a couple years back to ask Canadians who they felt the "greatest" Canadian of all time was? The winner was the great Tommy Douglas, who led North America's first socialist government, and introduced universal public health care into Canada. en.wikipedia.org Over the past decade in particular, the NDP has moved much more into the political mainstream, and surrendered much of its traditional socialist platforms. However, it still to my mind provides a very decent and humane counter-balance to the parties that more represent the interest of Capital. And, it is the dialogue that has resulted by the forces and interests of Capital on the one hand, and of Social Welfare (welfare as in benefit, not in the dole) on the other that has led the political spectrum in Canada to converge around a relatively common concensus. That being said, of course Canada at the State level supports the US "War on Terror", and we currently have troops in Afghanistan. Our media very much presents the role of our troops in Afghanistan as being there "for the good of the Afghani people". And I think many Canadians, believing the "benevolent Canadian" self-image reflected back to us by our media, buy into this narrative. Oh, and Montreal is notorious for its mafioso connections. Anyway, that's my view of things. Glenn