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Re:Why is Canadian English unique? by branchless on Sunday August 23, 2015 @10:18AM (#10105543)
The UK is plenty oppressed. We still have all the same problems with economic rent extracted via land ownership.
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Re:Why is Canadian English unique? by notahacker on Sunday August 23, 2015 @10:28AM (#10105574)
Every country - republics included - has that problem.

Although the reason that a relatively high proportion of resource extraction revenues in Canada are redirected to public welfare is, perhaps ironically, because the vast majority of Canada's territory is classed as Crown Land...

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Re:Why is Canadian English unique? by branchless on Sunday August 23, 2015 @05:13PM (#10106758)
Which is as it should be - that land belongs to all Canadians.

In the UK Queenie gets 15% of crown land to spend on the their lavish lives. I wonder how much rent she takes out of Canadian schools and hospitals. Any idea? Google failed me.

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