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From: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: oil "nationalization", social policy and crime rate
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Date: Sat, 24-Mar-84 19:29:35 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 24 19:29:35 1984
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One falsehood in the USA Today article should be pointed out... the Cdn
government did NOT nationalize the oil and gas industries; far from it.
They set up conditions to promote Cdn ownership of that sector (NOT
government ownership) but it is still highly dominated by foreign
companies.

On the question of whether Canada is "too socialist", of course that's
a personal opinion and any evaluation of the situation depends on what
you're trying to maximize.  But I would suggest that both the country
and individuals would ultimately pay for cuts in social programs with
an increased crime rate-- if the society doesn't take care of the
disadvantaged, they will turn to crime, out of resentment or just to
survive.  I don't know about you, but one of the things I appreciate
most about Toronto compared to big US cities is the relatively low crime
rate.  There are lots of reasons for that, but I'm quite sure gov't
social policy has something to do with it.

p. rowley, U. Toronto