UPDATE: Eight years after the taping of this show, the Supreme Court of Canada has issued a decision that – as Paul McKeever predicted – has upheld the Ontario property confiscation law: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/court%20upholds%20provincial%20right%20seize%20property/1506505/story.html
In 2001, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government introduced legislation to allow the Crown to confiscate property that might one day be used in a crime, or that might have been purchased with the proceeds of a crime.
Before the bill was made law, and before hearings were held to get public input on the bill, Freedom Party of Ontario’s Paul McKeever appeared on Rhonda London Live to discuss the legislation. He was preceded on the show by Dr. Margaret Beare, Director, Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime at York University (see Part 1); and by then Staff Superintendent Rocco Cleveland, Head of Detective Support for the Toronto Police Service (see Part 2).
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You’re right. The …
You’re right. The world is full of tosspots.
“everyone views …
“everyone views Obaka’s peace prize as a joke”
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Plenty of people are convinced that those of us who are furious about the award are right-wing conservative nutjobs. (Im an objectivist, but they can’t tell the difference)
Same goes for the healthcare proposition, in fact I predict that it will pass, and that we will eventually get a through nationalization of the health care industry in this country, via Parkinson’s Law
oh, I beg your …
oh, I beg your pardon. Too used to being set upon by socialists!
Hmm, the healthcare bill is unpopular, the british PM is increasingly held in contempt, everyone views Obaka’s peace prize as a joke… I don’t think people are all that stupid – though they definitely don’t appreciate philosophy. It’s the politicians who are, almost to a man, contemptible morons.
You misunderstand. …
You misunderstand. I meant the idea that people are smart enough to not concider an absurd law
What has happened …
What has happened that alters the fact that people have property rights? You’re right I still think that law is ridiculous.
heh, your post is …
heh, your post is dated 7 months ago, I wonder if you still think this way now, after all the that’s been happening
it seems …
it seems extraordinary that people would even consider a law such as this; it’s so obviously wrong.
Canada’s …
Canada’s constitution omits any clear protection of property rights, in 2003 the Supreme Court said Parliament has the right to expropriate property without compensation or “due process” (still sounds shady). Without protection in the constitution Canada’s destined to be a Marxist state
Wow, only 300 views …
Wow, only 300 views in nearly 2 years, how sad… this is an important issue that the mass media does not report