Corporate Totalitarianism: The Move Away From Democracy in Canada

Corporate Totalitarianism: The Move Away From Democracy in Canada
Contributed by: Robin Mathews


The move away from democracy in Canada is real and tangible. You can observe it, as Corporate policy is thrust upon Canadians as “Canadian policy”. You can feel it when you reasonably expect a public service, are denied it, and learn that public service is increasingly in private hands and is about profit – not about human need. You can sense it as Stephen Harper makes U.S.war in Afghanistan, sounding like a bad Bush record. You know it is happening when he issues an order that elected MPs may not say anything that is not screened by unelected, Corporate Representatives in the Prime Minister’s Office. Hang onto your hats….

The move away from democracy is a move towards “Corporate Totalitarianism”. Canadians need to know that phrase and know exactly what it means.

The threat to democracy in Canada as I have said before here is not from terrorist Islam, or Marxist insurgency, or fuzzy-headed Socialists, or blind nationalists. The threat to democracy in Canada comes from predatory Capitalism which is engaged in undermining democratic realities in Canada in order to destroy them. The threat is from expanding U.S. Capitalism backed by the U.S. state (called U.S. imperialism). The threat is from predatory Capitalism in all its forms, championed by those serving Right parties and interests in Canada.

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The more Private Corporations gain power, the more they work to abuse and enslave anyone who can increase profit. During the Second World War – as I pointed out in another column – some large German Private Corporations assisted the Nazis by “employing” oppressed people and working them to death – to increase profit. That is a perfect picture of Corporate Totalitarianism in its most “mature” phase.

http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20060317180751493

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has imposed central control over all information and comments to the public issued by government officials and even cabinet ministers, directing them to have everything cleared by the Prime Minister's Office, according to an internal e-mail and government sources.

The orders, described in an e-mail to bureaucrats, indicate that ministers have been told to avoid talking about the direction of the government, and that the government wants them to be less accessible to the news media. And all government officials are instructed to avoid speaking about anything other than the five priorities outlined in the Conservative campaign.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060317.wxpmo17/BNStory/National/home