I am sure that everyone has heard that the RCMP and CSIS have apprehended 17 people in Toronto, Kingston and Mississauga who were plotting terror attacks in Ontario. These suspects had three (3) tonnes of ammonium nitrate which would make for a very big bang.
The suspects are all of Arab descent and the indication is that many of them were Canadian-born or at least had gained citizenship at some point.
To me, this is an indication that we need to have better control over immigration and citizenship to ensure that the people we let in ACCEPT our post-enlightenment freedom loving society. And for those born here, we need to institute Civics classes in the public schools with a clear message to our children what the values of the country are. And I don’t mean those fluffy socialist values that the NDP and Liberal party would have you believe are important. We need to ensure our children understand the battle that has gone on since the 17th century that provides us with the freedoms we sometimes take for granted.
I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my copy of “Socialism” by Ludwig von Mises, in which he apparently presents the best arguments against socialism ever published (and I thought Hayek’s “The Road to Serfdom” was excellent!