What would be necessary? Here’s a quick list I threw together. Undoubtedly incomplete.
– Take responsibility for 1/35th of federal debt as of November, 2015. I think it was around $620B so that would be $17.7B. This is to be paid to the Gov’t of Canada over twenty years without interest. ($870M/yr)
– Pay 1/35 of Canada’s November 2015 Defence budget of $23B yearly to the Gov’t of Canada. This is $657M/yr or until such time as Saskatchewan deems necessary to provide for our own defence.
– A flat tax on all income, personal and corporate.
– Look towards Switzerland for banking regulation.
– All current Indian Reservations remain under the purview of the Gov’t of Canada and outside the responsibility of the Gov’t of Saskatchewan. All Status Indians remain Canadian Citizens with the right to immigrate to become a Saskatchewan Citizen with all the Rights and Responsibilities that entails.
– Until such time as Saskatchewan law can be clarified, Saskatchewan will continue to enforce the Canadian Criminal code as it exists from the point of separation.
– Freedom of speech, property rights, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, the right to firearms, the right to not self-incrimate, the right to due process, and freedom of the press be enshrined
– Elected Judges with 10 year terms.
– An appointed Supreme Court by the legislative body.
– Saskatchewan will continue to hire the RCMP to enforce the law until such time as a Saskatchewan police force can come into being.
– Saskatchewan will take over responsibility for all Canadian National Parks within the boundaries.
– Cede employment insurance to private enterprise.
– Convert to the US dollar as the currency.
– Fund Consulates in the US, European capitals, Japan, India, Israel, China and Russia.
– Take over border entry points from the Gov’t of Canada.
– Saskatchewan remains a subject of Her Majesty, the Queen of Canada to be finalized via referendum at a later date.
– Existing trade agreements between Saskatchewan and Canadian Provinces remain in effect for five years.
– Four year election cycle utilizing first past the post using the current Legislative districts to be modified for at most one representative per 30,000 citizens.
– Existing rail Right of Way is to remain the property of the railroads.
– Dual citizenship will be recognized with the US or any member of the former British Commonwealth.
…and probably a pile of more stuff.
“Elected Judges with 10 year terms.”
Terrible idea. That basically negates the point of judges. If they’re elected, they’re just another bunch of politicians. It’s not a truly separate branch of government.
“- Convert to the US dollar as the currency.”
Another terrible idea. The USD is fooked. The US is basically broke and with Orange Peron in power, you can be sure they will eventually resort to printing the difference.
I really hope no one supports compulsory military service. That’s just slavery outright.
“- All current Indian Reservations remain under the purview of the Gov’t of Canada and outside the responsibility of the Gov’t of Saskatchewan. All Status Indians remain Canadian Citizens with the right to immigrate to become a Saskatchewan Citizen with all the Rights and Responsibilities that entails.”
Can’t agree with this. Any hint of ‘mistreatment’ of ‘Canadian Indians’ in an independent West would be an excuse for the East, with UN approval, to invade. Knowing the Liberals, there could be faked events to create that excuse.
The best would be to accept them, and responsibility for them, as under the current Constitution. All existing treaties will be respected but considered open for renegotiation. Any grievances they have at individual or tribal level (residential schools, the ‘swoop’, missing indigenous women, etc) that predate Western independence they can take up with Ottawa, not the West. In other words, the Wests relationship with them becomes a reset. In addition, any that choose to leave the West, either as individuals or entire Bands, will be allowed to do so, with a small payment of about 3 months average pay per person – in cash – as a resettlement allowance. They also lose any right to return; or, they can return, no sooner than 5 years later, with complete loss of any rights as an Indian (including their descendants) – they would be treated as any other immigrant.
In case you weren’t paying attention, Obongo was the king of printing greenbacks.
And, haven’t the Swiss and Israelis done badly with compulsory service, eh wot?
When are you going to say something where you aren’t being a complete idiot?
Sask, the very seat of Canadian socialism.
good idea Joe as long as any drop in GDP was followed by an immediate drop in government size and spending.
“In case you weren’t paying attention, Obongo was the king of printing greenbacks.”
WTF is your point?
“And, haven’t the Swiss and Israelis done badly with compulsory service, eh wot? ”
I’d say enslaving your population = doing badly.