I do not know if they can reverse the process of not. We are fortunate that we have a Constition that has strong political rights, not privelidges, and very little in the way of econimic or social mandates, all of which must be achieved by consensus through a cumbersome and redundant legislative process. In our various crises as a Republic, we have been able to fall back upon these basics rights as a touch stone for crafting responses to each new problem.
The Canadians have no such system, but are more like the English in having a parliament that hands enormous power to the faction that can control it. It is, though no one wants to admit it too loudly, a very flawed political structure guaranteed to allow certain groups the most appalling excess with little hope of even decent treatment for the losers. If you know the fate of the British Empire, you can understand my concerns about the ultimate destiny of the Canadian state.
I suspect that we are watching a state structure actively entering disolution. What they are doing to each other is ugly and they seem to have an infinite capacity to split hopelessly along regional, ethnic and political lines. I personally see little that could be used as a rallying point to bring them back together.
Perhaps the people will come to their senses and throw out the current rulling party.
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