Charter snub
Well, everyone's rightly upset at the fact that Harper is absent from Charter celebrations. I mean, we all know there are certain parts of the Charter that they don't like, but why in the world would they snub the ceremonies? I mean, I could see it if the Bloc or PQ decided to skip it on the whole "Quebec never signed it" nonsense, but for the PM? That shouldn't happen.
And a big reason why he would go even if just for political gain? People like it. I mean, even thinking purely politically, wouldn't showing up and celebrating it go a long way to try to calm people's worries that he's trying to dismantle it? By skipping out on the ceremony, all it does is give the opposition more fuel to go after him about.
So today, let's take a moment to reflect on the Charter and all the good it's done. If only Harper would do the same sometime.
1 comment:
The Charter is part of the so-called "Constitution Act, 1982". The "United Kingdom", referred to in the present draft of the "Canada Act, 1982, including the Constitution Act, 1982", refers to the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, not the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland".
According to the British North America Act, 1867, the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick expressed their desire to be federally united into one Dominion under the Crown of the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", not the Crown of the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.
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