The feudal divine right of kings doctrine held that the monarch was selected by God, and therefore above the law. It is evident that the Harper Government (TM reg’d) believes that this doctrine applies to itself. Repeated castigation by the courts for ignoring the constitutional rights of Canadians, repeated castigation by the Speaker of the Commons for subverting Canadian democracy… none of this has any meaning so long as the message can be spun to salvage their decrepit political hides.
The hypocrisy is striking — we have a government which brands itself as “tough on crime” yet operates with less regard for the law than any previous one in Canada’s 143-year history. Law and order means building jails for aboriginal people, the mentally ill, the poor, the marginalized, and flouting the law yourself.
Above the law.
Above the courts (“just a difference of interpretation of the law”).
Above Parliament.
Above the people.
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