Comments on: Canadian raid resulting in four RCMP deaths a warrant for bolstering the Drug War? http://archive.mises.org/3292/canadian-raid-resulting-in-four-rcmp-deaths-a-warrant-for-bolstering-the-drug-war/ Proceeding Ever More Boldly Against Evil Sun, 19 May 2013 19:58:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Vanmind http://archive.mises.org/3292/canadian-raid-resulting-in-four-rcmp-deaths-a-warrant-for-bolstering-the-drug-war/comment-page-1/#comment-14827 Vanmind Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:30:14 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/archives/003292.asp#comment-14827 Oh, but there are so many geniuses up here who “know” that Kyoto will create thousands of high-end science & research jobs here in Canada. I actually saw a news story that tried to play up this angle of Kyoto–and not on the CBC either.

I myself am bugging my MP on a regular basis about:

  • returning Canada to the gold standard
  • legalizing marijuana/hemp

Those two steps would do a lot toward triggering a resource-based boom in Canada (in addition to affecting drastic cuts in the amount of pot smuggled to the US). Also, IMO, tax reform would follow as government surpluses helped to pay down the debt & make Canada even more attractive for investors (assuming the government didn’t bring in yet more social disservices or crony “sponsorships”).

Mind you, as much as pot smuggling to the US would decrease, Loonie smuggling would increase. Would the US government then implement some kind of domestic “discount currency” to complete the country’s transition to banana republic?

]]> By: NamedForRep.Ron http://archive.mises.org/3292/canadian-raid-resulting-in-four-rcmp-deaths-a-warrant-for-bolstering-the-drug-war/comment-page-1/#comment-14799 NamedForRep.Ron Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:24:34 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/archives/003292.asp#comment-14799 Gold is $400+ per ounce, oil is circa $50 a barrel. Comparative advantage, however, is priceless and Canada probably has the world’s greatest reserves. Give up the gun Nazism, health care handouts, and most taxes (ok, a lofty goal, but bear with me) and that country will be like a magnet for the productivity formerly found to the south.

]]> By: Vanmind http://archive.mises.org/3292/canadian-raid-resulting-in-four-rcmp-deaths-a-warrant-for-bolstering-the-drug-war/comment-page-1/#comment-14780 Vanmind Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:29:10 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/archives/003292.asp#comment-14780 Almost all Canadian media & government officials have backed off the marijuana connection to this tragedy. The guy’s small grow-op was insignificant compared to professional operations run elsewhere, incidental to his overall criminality (I should say “insanity”).

I have noticed that US-based media has jumped all over the pot angle. Why am I not surprised? Here in the Great Red North, memories of the incident now inspire calls for tighter gun control (also not surprising).

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