This post more properly fits the poli-sci section, but. Ther is a concerted effort globally to concentrate human beings into the very small "eviro-footprints" in very large cities and prohibit their entering into non-urban areas.
It is very simply a power-play to have people beg to submit to the oligopoly of whacked-out government. The media, such as the Globe & Mail, are simply so stupid they fit perfectly their description by Karl Marx... "The media are our most useful idiots."
I know this all smacks of some hysterical conspiracy theory, but, well, look around... Soon you can't smoke in your own car. Raise Gas Taxes "to encourage alternative choices"... HST, "to encourage harmony & simplicity"... increase upper tax levels "to encourage fairness"... "Save the Banks"... Mandate half-size soft-drink & candy portions (at the same prices "to reduce caloric & sugar consupmtion... reduce diabetes"... Grizzlies & fish, Eagles & fish, Natives & fish, Fish Farms???
You absolutely will next be hearing how you must reduce your food-volume intake, and surtaxes will go in place "to encourage a healthier eating choice"
I really don't thinks it's a whacked-out theory. It seems to be happening, something new every day. These floppy rectums have really got our number. see
www.socialistinternational.com to discover how perversely people can twist facts & state how you must face poverty to "help the poor". All hail the inadvertent mind-numbing addiction to video & cartoon, the new reality and so consumming the player has no idea what's going on around them. The split-second sound-bite sound good to them... and they're the new wave of voters now.
Try fighting that with your black powder musket Davey!.