Canada is called a Parliamentary democracy. The people of Canada elect
Members of Parliament who come to Ottawa to participate in lawmaking on
behalf of the people of Canada.
But the Prime Minister alone controls Parliament and the Government of Canada.
He controls all appointments to public office. He declares the laws, which
an obedient army of officials puts into form and which a cowardly Parliament
rubberstamps.
Without a free Parliament, the Federal government can pass laws that violate
the Constitution or take away the rights of the people of at any time. Parliament
is upside down.
It has been that way for a long time. We could quote statements by Members
of Parliament years ago. We could quote the Report of the Special Committee
on Reform of the House of Commons, established by the Commons itself in
December, l984. We could quote its recommendations in June, l985. But we
can look at the same situation now. Parliament is powerless to protect the
people of Canada.
Remind yourselves of the words of Lee Morrison, MP for Eastend, Saskatchewan,
when he stood in a largely empty House of Commons on October 20, 2000
and spoke for the last time before leaving for his home and his people:
“I will not regret leaving what has become, under Liberal management,
a totally dysfunctional institution. … I knew intellectually before
I went down there that we have this constitutional quirk that makes us
an elected dictatorship. I knew that, but I never really appreciated what
it meant until I was in the middle of it and saw this farce that goes
on there day after day, people pretending to influence decisions, pretending
to do very important things, when actually they can shut the place down
and just leave it to the Prime Minister and his immediate entourage, a
few of the better Cabinet ministers. Everybody else could go home and
nobody would know the frigging difference…” Parliament is upside
down.
WHAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE OF CANADA CAN DO
The Human Rights Institute is non-political. We cannot make Canada into
a democratic country. But with your help, we can begin that job by protecting
your rights against lawbreaking by the Federal Government. We can, with
time, give you back some of the basic protection that is being stripped
away from you by our Canadian dictatorship.
We need funds for our research to challenge laws and policies that are
clearly violations of the Constitution of Canada. We need funds to seek
decisions by the Courts of Canada to protect the rights of Canadians.
We know that the Prime Minister appoints all the Judges except those who
serve in the lowest Provincial Courts. But we believe that there are some
very good judges who will speak out for the protection of your rights
and the rights of all Canadians if we have the resources and honest, competent
constitutional lawyers who will work with us for the people of Canada.
This Web Site gives you some of the Federal Government violations of the
laws and Constitution of Canada that are of enormous importance to all
Canadians.
Parliament and the political parties have failed. It is time to try the
Courts.
We ask urgently for financial support .We will provide charitable receipts
for all donations, legacies and memberships. Join with us in helping to
make Government accountable to Canadians.
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