A Government to Fear

Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant has decided he has the soultion for his province's problem with street racers. Crush any car that could be used for street racing. (ref: cbc.ca)

Yes, the Ontario Provincial Government has now decided that it is perfectly acceptable for it to sieze and destroy your property, even though it was legally acquired and you have broken no law. No compensation is to be provided either.

There are so many reasons to fear a government with this attitude.

Suppose they next decide that your SUV is spewing too much carbon dioxide for their liking - confiscate it & crush it. Suppose he decides your house is too big, or painted the wrong colour. Again, the same principle would allow him to confiscate it, and anything else you thought you owned.

Aahh! There's the problem. In Canada you are not allowed actually own anything outright. You only have things because the government allows you to, and they can take it away without due process any time they want. A citizen of Canada does not have the right to private property. The ability for a private citizen to actually own something would require property rights recognized in the constitution.

Now who was it that specifically excluded property rights from Canada's constitution? That would be Pierre Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada.

Remember that as the items you thought you owned are being hauled away, even though you have committed no crime.