Laws

The first thing to make clear is the difference between Laws & Rules. Laws are somewhat more fundamental and not easily manipulated. Rules are much more flexible and manipulated. We can see this issue of Laws when we apply them to the area of Science – Law of Gravity, Cause & Effect, and other Laws that govern our Physical Reality. These Laws that govern our Physical Reality are Laws that we ALL know and knowing these Laws allow us to function in this Physical Reality safely and effectively. These Laws define our Physical Reality.

The Laws of Society need to be at this same fundamental level. The Laws of Society need to define the Society. This definition of Society can only be established by the MEMBERS of the Society, not from the LEADERS. It is the INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS of Society that need to establish these Laws, in order for the LEADERS to have their Leadership defined. Once these basic Laws are set they can only be changed or altered by a LARGE MAJORITY of the Members of Society (at least 80%). The reason for such a large majority is that the Laws define the Society and EVERYONE in the Society. Such a fundamental change to the Society needs to be supported by a LARGE majority or the society may splinter and become fractured.

Laws of Society:

The Society is built by the INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS of the Society. It is with this understanding that a strong and productive Society is only possible with strong and empowered INDIVIDUALS.

Normally when we talk about Laws we think of the Laws that the police enforce and the courts enforce. These are NOT the true Laws of our Society. In Canada the Laws of our Society are found in our Charter of Rights & Freedoms, in the USA it is the Bill of Rights. The reason I refer to these documents as the Laws of our Society is the fact that these documents override any Laws passed by the politicians. Any Law that is passed by the politicians that violates the Charter of Rights & Freedoms the Law is NULL AND VOID AND HAS NO AUTHORITY.

The Laws that the police and courts deal with are more associated with the RULES of Society and will be blogged about in the next blog topic. This blog topic on LAWS is more associated with the issues of our Charter of Rights & Freedoms. Our Charter of Rights & Freedoms is a good place to start but it needs more work and to be more prominent in our Society.

Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedom:

This is a good starting point as it outlines the INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS & FREEDOMS within Canadian Society. It deals with – Fundamental Freedoms, Democratic Rights, Mobility Rights, Legal Rights and Equality Rights – for ALL CANADIANS (MALE AND FEMALE). The major defect resides in the RESPONSIBILITY of each CANADIAN to the Society.

In order for the INDIVIDUAL to feel a part of the Society there needs to be some RESPONSIBILITY of the Individual in active participation within the Society. This is where the Charter of Rights & Freedoms is silent.

In order for the INDIVIDUAL MEMBER of Society to actually take a level of ownership in the Society there needs to be a level of RESPONSIBILITY on the MEMBER for the Society. The Members’ Responsibility is in how the Society is Governed.

Every Society needs a mechanism for operating as a united group with a common interest and intention, this we call GOVERNING (GOVERNMENT). Each Member of the Society NEEDS to have a level of direct involvement and responsible for this GOVERNANCE. This is how the MEMBERS define their OWNERSHIP of the Society. Without this OWNERSHIP the member begins to feel disenfranchised from the Society and the Society becomes fractured.

The LAWS of Society is not just the Rights & Freedoms of the Individual, but also the DUTY that is required by the Individual to the Society. There is another document that speaks a little on such DUTY.

Declaration of Independence – states in part “...it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government ...” in another part of the same document “...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed- ...” In the first quote it refers to  “their duty” their – referring to the members of the society and duty – as their responsibility. In the second quote it talks about how it is only with the “consent” of the members of society that authorizes the Governing Powers the power to govern.  Without the approval of the Members of Society the Governing Power has no Power. This document also mentions some of the basic rights of all the Members of Society – “...Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness...” – for ALL MEMBERS and balanced with the MEMBERS’ DUTY.

Purpose of these LAWS:

There are many different TYPES of Societies. These LAWS define the TYPE of Society the MEMBERS want to CREATE. These LAWS address the RIGHTS & FREEDOMS of the Individual within the Society PLUS the DUTY of the Individual to the Society.

The next subject is RULES...

Laws, Rules & Regulations

The next few subjects that I will be blogging on here is on "Laws, Rules & Regulations". Each of these topics have enough attached to them that they need a blog entry of their own. We often see Laws & Rules as the same thing, that there is not much that is different in these two. I suggest there is a world of difference between these two.

Laws - in short is what defines our SOCIETY and needs to be at a minimum and completely known and fully understood by EVERYONE.

Rules - are most effective when EVERYONE can use them to support themselves and be able to use the Rules as a guideline. If Rules are used to LIMIT the individual the Rule is no longer effective.

Regulations - are how our Laws and Rules are implemented in the most effective manner.

The following blog posts will go much deeper into each of these topics with the first being the topic of Laws.

2011 election results

Here are the results of the election with the number of seats in the House, % of the seats won, and the popular vote %. I have bolded the number of seats and the % of the House in the first colume, The last colume I bolded the % of the popular vote. The link will take you to the sfu.ca website.

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National election results 2011

• Party                  Party standing %                Popular vote %

• Animal Alliance/Environment Voters       0 0.0 0.0%       1,451 0.0 0.0%
• Bloc Québécois        4 1.3 1.3%                                      889,788 6.0 6.0%
• CAP        0 0.0 0.0%                                                      2,030 0.0 0.0%
• CHP Canada      0 0.0 0.0%                                          19,218 0.1 0.1%
• Communist      0 0.0 0.0%                                              2,925 0.0 0.0%
• Conservative       167 54.2 54.2%                                   5,832,401 39.6 39.6%
• FPNP         0 0.0 0.0%                                                      228 0.0 0.0%
• Green Party      1 0.3 0.3%                                             576,221 3.9 3.9%
• Independent       0 0.0 0.0%                                             63,340 0.4 0.4%
• Liberal         34 11.0 11.0%                                               2,783,175 18.9 18.9%
• Libertarian       0 0.0 0.0%                                               6,017 0.0 0.0%
• Marxist-Leninist      0 0.0 0.0%                                      10,160 0.1 0.1%
• NDP-New Democratic Party    102 33.1 33.1%            4,508,474 30.6 30.6%
• No Affiliation        0 0.0 0.0%                                            9,391 0.1 0.1%
• PC Party        0 0.0 0.0%                                                  5,838 0.0 0.0%
• Pirate Party      0 0.0 0.0%                                                3,198 0.0 0.0%
• Radical Marijuana     0 0.0 0.0%                                     1,864 0.0 0.0%
• Rhinoceros      0 0.0 0.0%                                                3,819 0.0 0.0%
• United Party     0 0.0 0.0%                                               294 0.0 0.0%
• WBP     0 0.0 0.0%                                                          748 0.0 0.0%

Total number of valid votes: 14,720,580
Polls reporting: 71,486/71,513 Voter turnout: 14,720,580 of 23,971,740 registered electors (61.4%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

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I always ask myself how can we call this a REPRESENTATION GOVERNMENT? The Conservative Party received 39.6% of the Popular Vote and holds 54.2% of the HOUSE SEATS. When we count the Citizens that did not vote, the Consservatives only have about 25% of CANADIANS and yet they have the RIGHT to GOVERN the whole of CANADA.

A true REPRESENTATION would be if the Popular Vote % equaled the House %. In the case of the Conservative Party with 39.6% of the Popular Vote should have 39.6% of the HOUSE SEATS.