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It’s not America but it was founded with western liberal ideas to be a functioning self-governing democracy and have English common law ideals similar to Americ
by kaczordon 5y ago
It’s not America but it was founded with western liberal ideas to be a functioning self-governing democracy and have English common law ideals similar to America. Chief among those is due process which this emergencies act completely sidesteps.
- ceejayoz 5y agoIt's a system set up with "here's where the American system gets screwy" hindsight available, though. The two systems are cousins, not identical twins.
- 8note 5y agoCanada has "peace, order and good government" where the US has "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" The governments actions meet at least 2/3 and most Canadians would say 3/3 of the main Canadian values.
- FpUser 5y agoI think your numbers are completely baseless. And "good government" is elsewhere.