WHEN & WHERE DID OUR GOVERNMENTS BECOME THE ENEMY OF THEIR CITIZENS?

Today's Waterloo Region Record carrys this story "Civil forfeiture laws threaten property rights". Based on nothing more than size and financial clout earned/stolen from Canadians, our governments have become the enemy. Whether local school boards, provincial labour & environment ministries etc., they and their bureaucrats are all about control, respect and authority.

In the case of Bruce Montague our federal and provincial governments are running amok. He has no criminal record and no history other than of being a skilled and well respected individual in his entirely legal field of endeavour. Nevertheless both levels of government are doing their best to make an example of him because he has indulged in non violent civil disobedience of laws that he believes are immoral and dangerous. His "crime" is in refusing to fill out federally mandated forms and paperwork. Above and beyond threatened jail time and significant fines he has had his business inventory as a gunsmith, worth $116,000, forfeited to the Crown. As if that's not enough now the provincial government are threatening to seize his home where his business had been legally located for allegedly being an "instrument of unlawful activity". So let's just get this clear. Failure to fill out paperwork results in 18 months jailtime, forfeiture of $116,000 inventory plus the province are trying to seize his home. Excuse me and other Canadians wondering if we are living in Canada or is this now Russia or some other third world dictatorship?