For those of you in other countries who have the mistaken belief that the Canadian political scene is fair and just let me explain about what is happening in my home province of Ontario at this time.
Our provincial government is in the process of derugulating the hydro industry. At present this has only affected the distribution network. The government wants to sell the production facilities. The union took the government to court to prevent this. The union won. The court found that the government does not have the authority to sell these assets.
So what does the government do? Instead of accepting the courts ruling, or following acceptable legal practice by filing an appeal: the government is drafting legislation that will allow them to go ahead with the sale. This is not only arrogant, but smells like totalitarianism. Any other member of society is bound by a court's ruling, however our legislative assembly feels because it creates laws it is not to be bound by the law.
In a nutshell, that is what is wrong with the Canadian system. With all the checks and balances in the U.S. system, it would be hard for crap like this to happen. In Canada, our only recourse is to wait until the next election, but our elections always come down to what shade of red you really want; or wether to vote for Larry, Curly or Moe.
Imagination is more important than Knowledge. Albert Einstein