Is Canada really a democracy.

     The word democracy is derived from the Greek word demokratia, meaning "rule by the people."

Federal property worth billions of dollars is being divested via Privy Council Orders in Council. Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker thought Orders-in-Council were undemocratic because they bypass Parliament.
     A speech Prime Minister John Diefenbaker gave to the Empire Club, Royal York Hotel, October 27 1949:  "Without an Opposition, discussion would end and be supplanted by virtual dictatorship, for governments prefer to rule by orders-in-council to Parliament, and bureaucrats prefer to be uncontrolled by Parliament or the courts."
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     During the year 1985 Canadians owned land, buildings and landmarks worth $60 billion dollars. (Read the book "On the Take" by Stevie Cameron---interview with former Minister of Public Works Erik Nielsen.)  By the year 1997, 20 billion dollars worth of Crown property had been sold. (See the document "Let the Future Begin").Why do Crown corporations operate at arms length from the government, from the people. They are not arms-length from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, our national treasury.