STEPS TO PLANETHOOD

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STEPS TO PLANETHOOD

• THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

The case for global citizen suffragettes!
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Dulce et decorum est pro provincia mori
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This is great beer, eh?
I AM CANADIAN!
THE GREAT WHITE NORTH
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Lawyer leading the charge
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Section 91 B.N.A Act 1867

• Legislative Authority of Parliament of Canada
• 91. It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and
  with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and
  House of Commons, to make Laws for the Peace,
  Order, and good Government of Canada, in relation
  to all Matters not coming within the Classes of
  Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the
  Legislatures of the Provinces

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2003 800 billion for military 69 billion
for development
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NATIONAL VS PROVINCIAL POWERS
property and civil rights
education
banking
trade commerce
OTTAWA
defence
criminal law
municipal institutions
roads
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FEDERALISM Principle of Subsidiarity

• Each function should be carried out
• at the closest possible level to the
• people affected and at the lowest level
• consistent with the efficient
• performance of the task.

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federal, national, provincial government
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FEDERAL POWERS National versus Global a
comparison!
City Province Nation Global (U.N)
Popular elections yes yes yes no
Taxing power yes yes yes no
Law-making ability yes yes yes veto
Binding courts yes yes yes no
Standing forces yes yes yes no
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UN TO THE RESCUE!
Is there a fire?
Should we put it out?
Where can we get firefighters?
Where can we get firetrucks?
How can we get them to the fire?
Who is the fire chief?
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PARIS WWII
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EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY 1952
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I AM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD
planet
nation
province
planet
vote
vote
why no vote?
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How might we create a higher level of
decision-making for global issues?

• Functional Institutions and Treaties
• Global Peoples Assembly
•    and World Constitution
• Union of Democracies
• Regional Unions build and federate
• Parliamentary Assembly and UN Reform

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
DIRECT ELECTION BY THE PEOPLE
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Support Civil Society Organizations
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• Dont expect politicians, even good ones,
• to do your job for you. Politicians are like
• weather vanes. Our job is to make the
• wind blow.

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GLOBAL CITIZENS WANTED
COME TO A WF MEETING
START A CAMPUS CLUB
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• Our job is to gather the
• kindling wood until such
• time as a spark sets it off.