whew! lots reading there, read and skimmed thru a lot of the boards. So, my thoughts on democracy - yes, Canadian democracy is very threatened - if pmjt can give corps 'constitutional rights and protections' equal to the People - then society is degrading from the top. We are watching Cdn premiers using the 'not withstanding' clause to shove laws or try to overthrow laws. For now, our SCC is holding strong but .... same can happen with our SCC Judges as in US. One party fills up vacancies quickly with Judges who will 'favor' their 'rule' of law. 2ndly, how easy is it for either govt (US or Canada) to just 'sign' over the nation to get 'communist' rule? if people are going to support govt officials (like trump) then the nation can easily dump 'democracy' for 'something' else. Idk about other Cdns here in the forum but have you looked at the various govt ACTS? many have clauses that basically say ' no liability' therefore 'no legal actions' can be done which takes spirit of the Magna Carta away from the people. Cdn govt has 'written' laws to 'legalize' their acts even if 'criminal so nothing can be done to right any wrongs done to the people. (i.e., unable to sue LT homes that allowed elders to die of Covid). It may sound alarmist but it's the reality ... so far.