Can anyone tell me why we should pay any attention to the pronouncements of the Canadian government anymore?
Because I don't believe the Canadian government has any significant relevance to anything other than the op-ed pages of Canadian newspapers in this day and age.
Bay Street is controlled by Wall Street. The Lester B. Pearson Building is ruled by Foggy Bottom. The Finance and Treasury Departments are comptrolled by the IMF and The World Bank. International Trade is mandated by WTO. Defence is a junior member function of NORAD, NATO and at the behest and with the permission of the Pentagon.
What does the Canadian government actually have any significant effect on?
Health care? Culture? Tax policy?
What else? I can't think of much.
Not to belittle any of those things but that ain't much for a national government.
What's the point?
A tail dragging romp through the swamps of the world
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