Canada’s Constitution Doesn’t Protect Property, and Homeowners Are Now Paying the Price

Canada’s Constitution Doesn’t Protect Property, and Homeowners Are Now Paying the Price

Commentary Why do governments exist? There must be a better reason than simply providing well-paid jobs for people who enjoy bossing others around. Philosopher John Locke offered one of the clearest answers when he wrote in 1690 that the “great and chief end” of government is “the preservation of … property.” And by this most basic standard, Canadian governments are failing badly. Nowhere is this failure more obvious than in Richmond, B.C. The r…