Yeah, I believe cops here are required to have a search warrant to search your premises, much like in the USA. I know a retired RCMP officer (Royal Canadidan Mounted Police), and his eternal complaint has always been that there are so many laws and regulations in place to protect the public from the police force that the police are very hard put to do their job of protecting the public from each other properly. I don't know if that's true or not. All I can say is, he's a nice guy, and I would not be a bit worried if all cops in this country had his good character.

I agree with you that corporate gangsters are destroying nations nowadays. No doubt about it. I also agree that a corrup government can interpret "unreasonable" to mean anything they want it to. Like I said before, the crucial thing about a government is what are its intentions? Because a good law can always be circumvented by a bad intention on the part of those in charge.

The reason for the 2 official languages is specific to our cultural heritage...which was a combining of two distinct European Emigre communities: the colonial French, and the colonial British. This resulted in a large province, Quebec, where the majority spoke French and still do, while the majority elsewhere spoke English. That resulted in 2 official languages for the country instead of one.

A comparable, but more complex situation exists in Switzerland where there are 4 official languages! It makes for more complicated street signs and documentation.

It has nothing to do with freedom of expression, one way or another. You are totally free to speak any darned language you want to in this country, and your right to do so is guaranteed, but only 2 languages are official, meaning those 2 languages must both be used on government documents, instruction sheets that come with things you buy, packaging, money, etc...

Your freedom of expression here is your own business. You are not required to speak in either French or English.

No, I don't think there's any law specifying the right to own weapons, and there is a gun registry in the country...has been for a few years now. Back in the 1700's and 1800's the situation was much like that in the USA during that same period: Gun ownership was very common, specially among rural folks, and a militia could quickly be raised in time of emergency from the general population...just as in the USA. Such militias were raised, for example, to resist American military forces during the War of 1812.

The differences between Canada and the USA are subtle, but significant. It's a different psychology.