Doing something, for a change! And thank god because despite rubber stamping from the House, there seems to be plenty not to like about Bill C-6.
On the face of it, ideas like the following seem perfectly common sensible,
The legislation would give the federal government more powers to prevent the sale of potentially unsafe products, such as cribs, household items or toys. For instance, the current legislation does not contain the power of mandatory recall; the federal government can only recommend that hazardous products be pulled from store shelves.
Who doesn’t want to be protected from harmful products, right? Except that, as per usual, the devil is in the details,
Furey is particularly concerned at new provisions, focused on home-based businesses, that would let inspectors enter private residences on an administrative warrant to seek potentially unsafe products for sale.
“This is Canada, our homes are an oasis of privacy,” he said.
Current law requires either consent or a criminal warrant before inspectors can enter, Aglukkaq said, which means harm may already have occurred before action can be taken.
And I am anecdotally informed by my alternative grocery store, as well as by the Natural Health Products Protection Association that all sorts of perfectly safe natural products are having to be discontinued because of the unnecessary restrictions of this Bill, which has caused an uproar all its own. Allow me also to point out how deliciously ironic it is that a conservative government seeking to expand government reach is positively apoplectic that Canada’s upper chamber has the gaul to follow through on its constitutional role in taking a sober second look at what appears to be a pretty terrible piece of legislation.
I mean, who do they think they are?
Also ironically, this little row may well cause me to rethink the idea that the Canadian Senate should be an elected body if the appointed status of the sentors there within contained gives them the chutzpah to, you know, stand up for the constitutional rights of Canadians from time to time.
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Borat: “I do a picture, only small, of the Tishnik Masacre. Where many Uzbeks…crushed!”
Kindly Gray Hippie: “How did you feel when you drew this?”
Borat: “Very proud!”.
KGH: “I’m just listening with sadness…a little sadness for your people…?”
Borat: “Yes…no, it is not sad. It is us who do the kill!”
When in doubt,
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What? The Senate??? Doing something?!?!?
I remember once in my youth asking my Grandfather what the senate was and he told me it was; “the romper-room where all the old farts sleep.”
I’ll just retreat into partisanship and point out that the Senate is mostly packed full of old 1990′s era Liberals.
I’m assuming this is pure rhetoric:
As stupid as the legislation is, I’m not too chuffed about a bunch of unelected legislators sculpting the law of Canada.
It’s bad enough that we have an unelected head of state (if you’ll permit the self promotion), but we have to be told by this privileged class that we’re not allowed to guide our own lives?
Thanks, but no thanks.
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