Citizen’s Arrest and Self-Defence Act — individual freedom reigns

We must praise the Dippers and the Libs for nudging the Cons to table the Citizen’s Arrest and Self-Defence Act championing the cause of individual freedom:

Harper has been accused of engaging in political manoeuvring in introducing the Citizen’s Arrest and Self-Defence Act, as NDP MP Olivia Chow and Liberal MP Joe Volpe had already introduced their own private member’s bills on the issue.

Both are taking credit for the impetus behind Harper’s move.

Personally, I do not give a damn who should get credit for this legislation.

What I find most peculiar is the reaction of Robert Holmes, the president of the BC Civil Liberties Association:

“The idea that you could call ‘Bob’s 911 Service’ and have someone forcibly arrest and detain another person is an invitation to vigilantism. We call for this bill to be amended to close that gap immediately,” said Holmes.

Mr. Holmes needs to give his head a shake and keep shaking it until it falls off. Being free to defend ourselves in the manner in which we choose champions liberty and freedom. The BCCLA should stop being hypocrites and take “The Voice Of Liberty In Canada” banner off of their website because their opposition to citizen’s arrest is an opposition to liberty in Canada. They may want Soviet-style government monopolized delivery of protection and security services. Honest and intelligent champions of liberty want consumer choice.

Private policing and security firms may not be regulated nor overseen in the manner that police are. They may lack the training, education, discipline and professionalism that police officers are believed to possess. I do not see any of that as a problem for two reasons. First, the track record of the police is not very stellar. Second and most importantly, private agents can actually lose their jobs and they do not suck from the tax-payers’ wallet.

For all who cower in fear and paranoia of vigilanteism, I will tell you what will result from the passage of this bill: property insurance companies will compete for customers by offering better packages and more choice. Policing and security services will progress to the twenty-first century.

In the twenty-second century, judges and lawyers will no longer be able to sit on their laurels.

Focus on families, my immigration message to the Tories

In their quest to shuffle around the Canadian Immigration policy, I hope the Conservatives do not make family unification more difficult for Canadians.

As far as I am concerned, family reunification should be the top priority over and above any social engineering to increase the Canadian workforce. Strong families breed responsible people. People who want to unite their relatives demonstrate family values that I think are more honorable than any other. I would rather live among such people than take a gamble with over-educated unmarried foreigners.

No more off-shore wind power in Ontario

It seems like the future of energy policy under the Liberal government of Ontario is a game of spin the bottle. One day, they announce a commitment to something and the next day they scrap it. Truthfully, I believe what we are observing is much more calculated and sinister. Cronies are struggling to protect their turf in the energy market.

The Canadian Wind Energy Association is disappointed that the Ontario government is stopping offshore wind farm developments but I am disappointed too. I would like to see people free to build their windmills on their own land (or water, depending on how pedantic the detractors need to be) and sell the electricity to the public. If the CanWEA folks have any real technology to offer, let them build it and sell their product without resorting to government privilege, favoritism nor subsidy.

The problem is not that the Ontario government put a moratorium on a wide range of technology. The problem is that the government controls entry into the market or electricity.

CBC provokes confusion in Canadian poultry market

Message to producers of consumer advocacy news-magazine-show “Marketplace” broadcast on CBC television:
Cook your chicken before you eat it. Duh. Yeah, you knew that already just like everybody else.

There is nothing exceptionally dangerous about Canadian chickens just because there are anti-biotic resistant bacteria on their flesh. The premise of the CBC program starts on the wrong foot: “Canadians are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics.” and is a completely ignorant statement at best. Knowing the CBC, my bet is that the motivations behind this program are at their worst: deliberate fear-mongering and dishonest sensationalism.

The fact is that humans do not develop resistance to antibiotics. Only microbes develop antibiotic resistance. The premise of the “Marketplace” program is probably chosen to mislead the public into demonizing poultry farmers who use antibiotics.

There are probably better reasons to demonize the modern poultry industry — cruelty in the elevation is one of them — but antibiotic resistant bacteria is not an intelligent one.

WikiLeaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Snorre Valen, MP from Norway, explains why he nominates WikiLeaks as a Nobel Peace Prize candidate.