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Originally Posted by Shnabdabber
Any and all property can be confiscated through legal avenues. .
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Do you seriously believe the "right" to own property prevents that from happening in other, presumably more enlightened countries? In the specific case of the USA, have you ever heard of
this law? It overrides said "right" - despite that right being supposedly inalienable - and has been widely abused to take away the property of people whose only crimes are being poor and unconnected with local law enforcement.
Words on a piece of paper (and guns) protect nothing, what protects your "rights" are transparent public institutions, government respect for the rule of law, independent courts, and independent media. Regardless of what the Canadian Bill of Rights may *say*, the practical difference between Canada and the USA, as far as property rights go, is that in Canada the probability of some backwoods sheriff "impounding" your car for a phantom offence, and then selling/using it without any possible recourse is much less likely.
So, just as I thought, your claim that reading Section 26 would somehow support your ridiculous assertion that the fine print of your car registration, along with the Canadian bill of rights, proves you don't own your own car, was so much puffery covering a profound misunderstanding of how law, society, and good sense work.
For anyone interested in PRACTICAL reality, I own my car (well - if I had a car) and it can't be taken away without due process under both very rare and specific conditions. Your definition of ownership being dependent on the government not being able to seize property is akin to saying people can never really get married because it's possible to divorce.