Conservative Government: Ontario Superior Court

Conservatives Dept: And so, while Conservatives are supposed to cherish government that is off the backs of the people, what we have is something closer to the opposite. The government is also oversized in spending, another conservative no-no, according to Globe and Mail. Last week, the Conservatives were planning to go ahead with a system of national online surveillance. But a national outcry against the plan originally advocated by the Liberals will likely force amendments. The government also reaffirmed its plan for mandatory minimum sentencing, although an Ontario Superior Court judge lambasted the policy and critics say it will reduce the right to a fair trial and in this country, the Conservative government has a nationalist bent, evident in its elevation of military values, populist anti-intellectualism, moral certitude on foreign policy, law-and-order fixation and message-control mania. This kind of nationalism requires state-driven conformity, not liberty. The Conservatives in-your-face proclivities from the minority years have been well documented. But a majority has brought no let-up. On the freedom front, the government likes to boast of encouraging provincial autonomy and of shutting down the gun registry, the long-form census, the Wheat Board. But, by way of contrast, it s instructive to look at what has transpired in our land of liberty recently. It might make you wonder about the kind of Canada that s emerging. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.