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Canada's Role, Not a

Contributor: cfallon

Date: 2003-04-15 11:34:56


The big difference between provinces and states in relation to a federal government compared against nations and the UN:

Federal and provincial governments are ELECTED. Oh, and quite critically, ELECTED BY THE SAME PEOPLE.

The UN is not elected and most of the countries that make up the UN do not represent their citizens - they represent regimes that live off the citizens.

So, my UN cannot consist of a bunch of dictators who I legitimize by meeting with them and acting according to their dictates.

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Canada's Role, Not a

Contributor: fatmomma

Date: 2003-04-17 22:30:32


Because a country is not a democracy does not mean it does not represent its citizens. Lots of elected representatives do not represent their citizens wishes either. A democracy does not make its representitives necessarily better than some non democracies. Even in Canada and the USA many of these citizens who vote do not do so wisely or by being well informed. ( I believe, you criticized Chretien for listening to the voice of the people)
The only country that I hear dictating to other countries is America and Israel. Israel is a democracy but it has an extremely large file on its human rights violations.

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Canada's Role, Not a

Contributor: albertanfirst

Date: 2003-04-26 17:40:50


fatmomma,

if being well informed means watching cbc newsworld and reading noam chomsky, then you must be the most informed person in the country.

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Canada's Role, Not a

Contributor: fatmomma

Date: 2003-04-27 02:26:44


My information does not come from watching any tv. Much of it comes form high ranking Americans. Such as "Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity" former USA intelligence agents; Ramsey Clark former Attorney General of the USA plus many others. I do not need others to form my opinions. I can see for myself the attitude and reaction of world leaders. I fully use the internet to check everything from several different sources before I draw my conclusions. Perhaps you should consider turning off CNN.

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