In the wake of a growing Canadian tyranny confronted by US president Trump’s tariff threats, Canadians have three choices, argues our guest Major Russ Cooper (retired): (1) Go American, (2) Go with the British empire, or (3) Go it on their own. He favors the third choice, beginning with the task of putting our own house in order – “taking what we have and making it what we want.”
Given Trump’s musings about Canada becoming a 51st state, it might surprise most Canadians and Americans alike just how complicated and time consuming the actual process of becoming a state is. That complexity and time frame would critically weaken any power that Canada might have in any negotiations warns Russ.
As a co-founder and presiding member of the Canadian Citizens for Charter Rights and Freedoms (C3RF), Russ warns that the loss of civil liberty and freedom are the biggest issues facing Canadians; “it’s in your face!”
At the heart of Canada’s democratic crisis lies the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, whose wording has been problematic when it comes to the issue of the sovereignty of the individual versus the supremacy of parliament. Unlike the American Constitution that with its First and Second Amendments establish the sovereignty of the individual and freedom of speech, Canada’s Charter promises similar freedoms but subjects them to the supremacy of parliament.
Section 1 of the Charter reads: “The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.”
Thus, whereas America’s Constitution is expressed in terms of “Congress shall make no law…”, the Canadian Constitution says that parliament ‘shall’ make restrictive laws, where “demonstrably justified…”
Deprived of their own individual sovereignty by law, is it any wonder that Canadians feel powerless in their own country and thus lack any identity in which they can express pride?
Canada’s ridiculous ‘tariff war’ with America is yet another symptom of the absence of a genuine Canadian identity. Sadly, Canadian patriotism and identity continue to be based on not being American. And on not being Just Right.
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