tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post116318896450361375..comments2023-12-31T19:34:14.853-05:00Comments on Dymaxion World: Nobody speaks for Canada, apparentlyjohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690430991814528863noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post-1163202297687501992006-11-10T18:44:00.000-05:002006-11-10T18:44:00.000-05:00Hm? I don't believe I ever said I wanted a unitar...Hm? I don't believe I ever said I wanted a unitary state. Indeed, I've said repeatedly and vocally that I'm a big believer in federalism, on both pragmatic and idealistic grounds. Believing that Ottawa should be stronger does not equal a belief that Ottawa should be all-powerful.<BR/><BR/>And frankly I'm not sure what I wrote that would give you any other impression. Unless of course you think it's unreasonable to say that constitutional amendments should be ratified by all Canadians, instead of narrow-minded provincial elites (I include all the past governments of Ontario, lest you think otherwise.)<BR/><BR/>The point is not that Ottawa alone has the right to speak for Canada, but that the Provinces alone don't have that right, either. Harper and the Bloc - and too many others, it seems - think that the Provinces are the basic unit of federation, whereas I think it's the actual Canadian people. Silly me, I know.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690430991814528863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post-1163201445888543152006-11-10T18:30:00.000-05:002006-11-10T18:30:00.000-05:00You can have your ONE Country adminsitered out of ...You can have your ONE Country adminsitered out of Ottawa when Quebec is a country. In the mean time, it is a federation.Altavistagooglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301901043837306524noreply@blogger.com