Pubdate: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2009 The Calgary Sun Contact: http://www.calgarysun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67 Author: G Plecash Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor. Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n599/a07.html BUREAUCRATIC PLUNDER Re: Edward Greenspan's "crapshoot seizure" column. ("Proof goes poof -- Police can seize cash, property without charges or convictions," June 8.) What is it about the Canadian democratic mentality that moves officialdom to the most draconian attacks on ordinary Canadians? Legal minds formerly noted for championing the rights (including the property rights) of the poorest of us score a Supreme Court seat and suddenly pass a bureaucratic plunder law. Police can seize your property if they don't like your attitude or aftershave. No recourse. No complaining. No resistance allowed. Does "due process" somehow magically become offensive if one obtains a civil-service position? Or is this just a weaselly new secret tax-grab that saves accounting-fees while remaining out of sight of the media? My thanks to Greenspan for bringing this to our attention. I should like to hear from my MP, MLA, and the PM himself on why they suppose this despotic initiative to be such a clever idea. G. Plecash (It's a powerful crimefighting measure that must be wielded with extreme caution.) - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr