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From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: High Duties => Increased Competitiveness?
Message-ID: <440@looking.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 00:42:46 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 16 00:42:46 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 17-Oct-85 00:07:27 EDT
References: <2649@watcgl.UUCP>
Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <2649@watcgl.UUCP> jchapman@watcgl.UUCP (john chapman) writes:
>> 	How could they take advantage of a subsidy in shipments from Whitehorse
>> 	to St. John to help the USA?  Why should we wish to punish our
>> 	foreign neighbours?  Is it because of their nationality?  To me
>> 	that's not much different from doing it because of the colour of
>> 	their skin.
>
>Why should we, in general, subsidize the air fares of foreign nationals
>Brad?

What I'm really saying is that I question why we should subsidize anybody.
Nationality is no special reason.  I have far more in common with a
computer scientist in Australia than I do with a cab driver in Vancouver
or Toronto for that matter.

Economic nationalism doesn't make a lot of sense to me,  at least not in a
free world.
>
>> >This logic applies equally to the Post Office, since all mail starting
>> >or stopping in Canada is for the benefit of Canada.
>> 	What is this "Canada" but its people?  Why not let the people
>> 	decide instead of having you (or your bretheren) get together
>> 	and decide what is good for "Canada"
>
>Martin is just putting forward, and giving some justification, for his
>opinion Brad - I don't think he's planning a coup.
>
But you're wrong.  He's not planning a coup, but he does want the country
run *his* way, in this case by legal means.  I content that the legitimate
government has no right to interfere with certain elements of citizen's
lives.  But they do, so the coup is over.

-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473