A rare spectacle. . . . . . .

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

It's actually the Canadian Constitution which has brought us this mess. From the very beginning, it was designed as a document so open-ended that the Supreme Court would have to interpret every clause over time. That way, the elected government wouldn't be in hot water themselves over legislation enacted; said legislation could be interpreted and defined/refined by a small select group of [government-appointed] judges, thus freeing the legislators themselves from direct responsibility.

In effect, the moment the British North America Act was repealed and the Canadian Constitution invoked, we here rejected traditional parliamentary democracy - the oldest form of democratic government, more than 800 years in service during its evolution - in favour of a judicial autocracy which is virtually unimpeachable. The 'Charter of Rights' grants theoretical rights (via the Courts, as above) to just about anyone NOT associated with the founding of the country. It was designed that way, I daresay deliberately. Hence the multicultural madness slowly creeping up on all of us, never mind regional abuses.

Despite its weaknesses, I long for the society I was brought up within, but I shall never see it again.