The BNA Act was not a constitution for Canadians, as it constituted nothing of what a constitution means. It simply, was designed to strenghten the hands of the British appointed Governor General and emphasized his power to appoint and remove a Privy Council to."aid and advise".him and to state that he has the power to pass an "order in council" by himself individually as the case requires. This is akin to a dictatorship,.which really, it was! The British appointed Governor General was the 'Corporate Sole' who possessed the power of an absolute dictator. He was.the.law over Britain's Dominion of Canada. The Governor General got his power and might from Great Britain through their document Letters Patent. He was the.one.in.total,.absolute control.of Canada. His authority came not from the BNA Act (which strengthened his authority at a time of expediency for Britain and her Dominion of Canada when an American invasion was in the works), but from.Letters Patent.which was.the.constitution, as the Letters Patent.constituted.the office of the.Governor General as the government, and contained instructions for him in carrying out governance of Canada. As such,.he.and.he.alone and what he determined,.was.the.constitution. Canada has had Governor Generals since 1763 to 1931 who were appointed by Britain. Since that time Canada has had a person.acting.as one.(1).(2).under no legal authority whatsoever. But one can see why the people aiding and advising him wanted it to carry on. They wanted central control to remain with them, and oh yes, there was their jobs too. They wanted to use the BNA Act all right.('all right' meaning 'without a doubt'), as it gave such power to the Governor General in central Canada and maybe it would do the same for them if they could just pull off a few tricks and mix in some smoke and mirrors so hopefully none would notice. So what could they do to enable the power to stay with them in central Canada and Ottawa after the Governor General was legally out of there? Hey! Why not create some smoke and mirrors? I mean these Ottawa guys were brilliant! Who else would have thought of that? No wonder they feel they deserve to run the country from central control (hey! look ma, I'm in the driver's seat! Ever read.The Rocking Horse Winner?.ha ha! Obviously, some in Ottawa hadn't). Until 1931 and under the BNA Act, Canada became one colony, a Dominion of Canada, a collection of colonies (provinces) having an 'after a sort', quasi self government under a British allegiant Governor General who could cancel any office. Twenty two years after the BNA Act
of 1867, in 1889.(long
after the
so-called.'confederation'
date Ottawa has purported.for
the lopsided benefit of central Canada
concerns and fostered upon a
bamboozled
public since the 'thirties'), the Interpretation
Act, 1889 was passed stating that Canada.is.a
colony,.not a confederation. So obviously
the claim of any current Canadian confederation is simply a reductio
ad absurdum.
Even Sir John A. Macdonald.attested to the fact of no confederation in 1867,.here... If there had been any confederation of the Provinces in Canada, each party to the agreement would be in possession of a copy listing all signatories.(*). Check the archives of any Province. But you may say, well it's all done
now. No it isn't! But you say, we can just work around it. Why? Why work
with error when there's an extremely viable
option? Why work with error when it's possible to now do it right?.(*)
Why continue to be the only one of the former dominions that has an unnatural
constitution. But it would be an admission that Canada, at the top, was
incompetent,
self centered and
deceitful
in the past. Yep! It would be. And Canada was and some parts of the country
would like things to remain as they are to their continued advantage. Previous
politicians have made this country a laughing
stock to those dignified
politicians understanding Canada's and the individual Provinces real and
present,
status.
There really has been no alteration
in the Government of Canada since
the
capitulation of the French forces in 1763 with the exception that since
Canada is no longer under the Colonial Office (Britain), by reason of the
enactment of the Statute of Westminster, December 11, 1931, the Colonial
Office has not accredited a governor to Canada, therefore...
Ottawa.never.was
a province or colony. It was the city where a
committee of men, half appointed (the Senate or Upper House) and half elected
(the House of Commons, the Lower House) aided and advised the Governor
General and rent was paid on the buildings they used, who all were constituted
by the BNA Act in force from 1867 to 1930.
Zero dollars going to struggling
organic farmers who produce real food, an arrogated
decision to, of all things,.not
even label foods.(can
you believe this type of subjugation?).that
have been tampered with.(genetically
modified); what
kind of a government does this to a populace?; the Kyoto boondoggle;
a former National Energy Program (1980-1984) that was anything but nationally
concerned, but was instead, a money grab, taking from those who produced
it to those who felt they could somehow use it in ways.they.determine.(extreme
socialism bordering on, or comprising closet communism),
where even its design architect Liberal Party cabinet minister Marc Lalonde
admitted that the only reason it was implemented was to bring down the
province of Alberta's wealth.(at
a time of great prosperity).as
the power was moving away from central control; where the money is, the
power is. How's that for a nice government?
A free market system as compared with antiquated policies such as 'managed economy' provided little difference. Incessant spawning and modification of laws, regulations, programs and 'national purposes' are the expression of a state that sees itself not as a function existing for benefit of the general public, but rather as a controller, a manager of citizens and their production. Of course rules and regulations are necessary. They just need to be the ones the people want. It is their country! Many governments in Canada successive to the extinguished BNA Act have proven their inability to protect citizens from itself. Something is seriously wrong when governments impose policies, often kept submerged until implemented, that are disadvantageous to the populace. What do you call it when citizenry are denied occasion for approval or repudiation,.(like, how many referenda have you had opportunity to vote for in Canada?).and why would this lack of occasion occur.if.a country was truly a democratic country? Could it be that proposals would be subject to a rejection risk, had the citizens possessed opportunity for vote upon them?, So, it's a dictatorship, a parliamentary dictatorship, that is absolved from concerns of the people of the land. Are citizens actually being dispossessed
of rights by policies excluded from their consideration, policies which
are to affect them nonetheless;
policies which obviously are felt to be advantageous to those mandating
them, or those policies would not exist in the first place.
What has led to this in Canada has come from some con jobs and disreputable prime ministers that have set cons in motion, the effects of which, have carried on to this day. If a government isn't subject to effective laws laid down by citizens and attempts to prescribe, license, tax and govern virtually all human activity, then it's totalitarianism. Today, in Canada, when a candidate is elected he is placed under control of the prime minister if his party was in the majority and won the election. Any concern of the populace, from that moment on, can then be bypassed if the party in power so chooses. Is this representative government? Without constitutional limitations on the power of a government, after an election, it can quickly evolve into a political system in which the elected party exercises abusive power. In Canada, instead of the people being defended against enemies of their lives, liberty and property, past governments have been the adversaries. Things just have to be spelled out on.how citizens want their government to act, otherwise it's just like a teenager who has no guidelines; they take all the advantage they can, often ending up hurting you in the process. Things need to change if we are ever
to have a great society now and for children growing up and their children
and on beyond. Things that need
consideration for change.
We could use the BNA Act along with constitutions of other countries as a guide in forming a real Canadian constitution, or we could create one totally from scratch. Together, Canadians could develop a constitution that is at least equal to, and perhaps the best of all constitutions in the world; we are last in civilized countries, so we have all the others to go by (example). Its formulation would involve virtually.all Canadian citizens.–.all Canadians having opportunity for input in the process. Everyone who cares enough to participate in the constitution's formulation, principles and guidelines, would be given occasion for voting on its completed drafts and final draft ratification. Various Canadian prime ministers (R.G. Bennett, Mackenzie King, and much later, even Trudeau) seemed to make it want to appear as if this BNA Act was a continuing Act and began referring to it as the Canadian Constitution, even having the name changed on the defunct BNA Act in 1982 to what it says today after so many revisions.'Constitution Acts 1867 to 1982'. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's Constitution Act of 1982 added stuff to the defunct BNA Act.(discharged as of December 11, 1931 thanks to the Statute of Westminster), talked to provincial premiers to get them to agree.(most, if not all back then, obviously had no idea why they shouldn't agree) and then ran off to England, as if England legally, still had something to do with Canada at this time and returned triumphing a new "Canadian Constitution. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney attempted to secure Quebec's approval of this new Trudeau constitution in 1987 with the Meech Lake Accord, which required the unanimous.assent of all provinces within a three year period. As a result of a new language dispute
and English Canadian concerns over identification of Quebec as a "distinct
society", the accord
was never ratified.
The crisis continued, even after Mulroney forged another compromise,
the Charlottetown
Accord.
Sovereignty
still resided with the British Crown (see
Monck's
letter) and the Imperial
Legislature.
Since the enactment of the Statute
of Westminster neither the Government of the United Kingdom nor His nor
Her Majesty have sent an accredited representative to Canada, so, what's
one doing here, and who's paying the bills?
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