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The SoCred Revolt!
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jal...@gmail.com
May 3, 2013, 10:47:23 AM5/3/13
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It’s now been over 20 years since the demise of the SoCreds. Analysts have looked at the issue from multiple points of view and the common denominator seems to be that the SoCreds revolted against the Canadian Constitution and so they had to go.
The Canadian Constitution states emphatically that “all Canadian citizens have an unlimited right to freedom of mobility and peaceful establishment, anywhere within Canada”. Apparently the SoCreds had a problem with that. Since I’m not a political analyst, I only have personal experience to fall back on.
Around 1990, I was working in a shared office complex in downtown Vancouver and became acquainted with a young Jewish woman who worked for one of the lessees and was a SoCred. She was married, without children and she and her husband belonged to a snow-mobile club in the interior. The club rented a lodge for weekend rallies that the couple attended during the winter.
Saturday evenings, after a day of trail riding, members met up around the fireplace to discuss the day and often the conversation switched to what they would do, if they were in control in BC. Apparently, one of their favorite topics was closing off BC to Canadians from other provinces.
One Monday morning she told me that over the weekend they had discussed setting up iron gates in the Rogers Pass and protecting them with laser canons on the mountain side, to keep Canadians from coming into BC from Alberta.
JL 03-05-2013
The Canadian Constitution states emphatically that “all Canadian citizens have an unlimited right to freedom of mobility and peaceful establishment, anywhere within Canada”. Apparently the SoCreds had a problem with that. Since I’m not a political analyst, I only have personal experience to fall back on.
Around 1990, I was working in a shared office complex in downtown Vancouver and became acquainted with a young Jewish woman who worked for one of the lessees and was a SoCred. She was married, without children and she and her husband belonged to a snow-mobile club in the interior. The club rented a lodge for weekend rallies that the couple attended during the winter.
Saturday evenings, after a day of trail riding, members met up around the fireplace to discuss the day and often the conversation switched to what they would do, if they were in control in BC. Apparently, one of their favorite topics was closing off BC to Canadians from other provinces.
One Monday morning she told me that over the weekend they had discussed setting up iron gates in the Rogers Pass and protecting them with laser canons on the mountain side, to keep Canadians from coming into BC from Alberta.
JL 03-05-2013
Greg Carr
May 10, 2013, 12:09:22 AM5/10/13
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doomed the Socreds.
jal...@gmail.com
May 13, 2013, 7:45:22 AM5/13/13
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On Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:09:22 UTC-7, Greg Carr wrote:
> On May 3, 7:47 am, jale...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > It’s now been over 20 years since the demise of the Socreds. Analysts have looked at the issue from multiple points of view and the common denominator seems to be that the Socreds revolted against the Canadian Constitution and so they had to go.
> On May 3, 7:47 am, jale...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > The Canadian Constitution states emphatically that “all Canadian citizens have an unlimited right to freedom of mobility and peaceful establishment, anywhere within Canada”. Apparently the SoCreds had a problem with that. Since I’m not a political analyst, I only have personal experience to fall back on.
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> > Around 1990, I was working in a shared office complex in downtown Vancouver and became acquainted with a young Jewish woman who worked for one of the lessees and was a SoCred. She was married, without children and she and her husband belonged to a snow-mobile club in the interior. The club rented a lodge for weekend rallies that the couple attended during the winter.
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> > Saturday evenings, after a day of trail riding, members met up around the fireplace to discuss the day and often the conversation switched to what they would do, if they were in control in BC. Apparently, one of their favorite topics was closing off BC to Canadians from other provinces.
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> > One Monday morning she told me that over the weekend they had discussed setting up iron gates in the Rogers Pass and protecting them with laser canons on the mountain side, to keep Canadians from coming into BC from Alberta.
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> > JL 03-05-2013
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> Actually it was the influence peddling resignation of Vander Zalm that
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I understand that he has a new book out which describes how he revolted against the HST. This has led me to wonder if he really isn't a federal Liberal in BC clothing. :-)
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> > The Canadian Constitution states emphatically that “all Canadian citizens have an unlimited right to freedom of mobility and peaceful establishment, anywhere within Canada”. Apparently the SoCreds had a problem with that. Since I’m not a political analyst, I only have personal experience to fall back on.
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> > Around 1990, I was working in a shared office complex in downtown Vancouver and became acquainted with a young Jewish woman who worked for one of the lessees and was a SoCred. She was married, without children and she and her husband belonged to a snow-mobile club in the interior. The club rented a lodge for weekend rallies that the couple attended during the winter.
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> > Saturday evenings, after a day of trail riding, members met up around the fireplace to discuss the day and often the conversation switched to what they would do, if they were in control in BC. Apparently, one of their favorite topics was closing off BC to Canadians from other provinces.
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> > One Monday morning she told me that over the weekend they had discussed setting up iron gates in the Rogers Pass and protecting them with laser canons on the mountain side, to keep Canadians from coming into BC from Alberta.
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> > JL 03-05-2013
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> Actually it was the influence peddling resignation of Vander Zalm that
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