Learning Stories
by
Mario deSantis
mariodesantis@hotmail.com
“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, and free to choose those who shall govern my country.” - -The Rt. Hon. John Diefenbaker, Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960
“The whole judicial system is at issue, it's worth more than one person.”--Serge Kujawa, Saskatchewan Crown Prosecutor, 1991
“The system is not more worth than one person's rights.”--Mario deSantis, 2002
Ensign Stories © Mario deSantis and Ensign
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We have been finding out that our most educated politicians are the most corrupted and that therefore we have a double standards in our civil system, one for the few and privileged and the other for the rest of us. For example, as Saskatchewan is concerned, we uncovered the real clothes of our emperor Honourable Roy Romanow and his friends Honourable Janice MacKinnon and Honourable Pat Atkinson; and as Canada is concerned, we referred to our Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his cabinet ministers Jane Stewart and Brian Tobin. We were politically correct and we never said outright that these politicians were liars; rather, we wrote stories about them and came to the conclusion that something is intrinsically wrong with our political system, and in a few words, I described our leaders as more intent to fill their pockets with money rather than to walk their talks. And I was right in focusing on the unconstitutional fiber of these politicians, who while wrap themselves up with the Canadian flag, tackle the pressing social injustice with further governmental secrecies, further commissions, further investigations, further regulations and further legislation. Our political leaders are never wrong and they have been lying all the way to the public for years while going to their banks and collect the fruits of their social mismanagement. But who knows? maybe the politicians' good time to lie to the public is over as our Supreme Court is waking up to this ongoing reality. Few days ago, and for the first time, the Supreme Court of Canada has dealt with the court's power over ministerial decisions and ruled that a Quebec cabinet minister must honour his word to a Montreal hospital. Patrick Monahan, a veteran Supreme Court analyst at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, has stated "It is groundbreaking... I think what this is indicating is that the trend today is to say that when governments make firm commitments, they're going to have to honour those." And I am encouraged to think that pretty soon we can take our governments to court as our political system is crumbling. References/Endnotes Relevant political and economic articles at Ensign http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign Broken promises matter: Top court. Supreme court holds Quebec politician responsible for pledge. 'Groundbreaking' unanimous judgment. By Janice Tibbetts, The Ottawa Citizen, Saturday 30 June 2001 http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/010630/5032927.html The Supreme Court of Canada's home page with a virtual tour The actual judgement in this case |
