Actually Rapscallion is in the right;
There is a fundamental difference between Canadian & American conservatives. And there are two issues here: the first being Canadian conservatives only want to strengthen their freedoms within a direct democracy, while Americans want to reinstate a republican system. To quote your American forefathers democracy is tyranny & is the slow progression from a nation of freedom to a nation lead by the elitists in an oligarchy. Then there is the issue of the British monarchy, many conservatives want a stronger monarchy while Americans want the opposite. In effect forming an alliance would be treason to what your forefathers fought against.
Don’t get me wrong I really care what happens to my country but I feel that Canadian democracy isn’t broken at all. Quite the opposite, we have had freedom & now the population has made their choice of the type of oligarchy we are going to have. And it so happens Canadians have democratically chosen a communist type structure within our system. As the words go; peace, order, & good government, which is what Canada has. So what’s the problem?
The loyalists chose to be traitors to the American Republic & that trait of loyalty has been passed down the line, & the liberals know it, they are not dumb to that fact & consequently have used it to their advantage.
Americans chose to be traitors to the British crown, they chose to be independent, & loyal to their family, country, & no elitists. It’s only in the recent generations that has changed & therefore Americans are a lot harder to control.
“the first being Canadian conservatives only want to strengthen their freedoms within a direct democracy, while Americans want to reinstate a republican system”
Not so. Just as a republican system is supposed to provide balance against the whims of the masses, so too is Canada’s system of constitutional monarchy.
This moment in history, with America’s banks and auto industry now nationalized, might not be the time to quibble over the efficacy of one system over the other. The point is, we’re all under the tyranny of democracy now.