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STEPS TO PLANETHOOD

Join the global citizen suffragettes in advocating for a higher level of decision-making for global issues. Explore functional institutions, global treaties, and more to create a world where everyone has a voice.

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STEPS TO PLANETHOOD

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  1. STEPS TO PLANETHOOD THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP The case for global citizen suffragettes!

  2. Dulce et decorum est pro provincia mori

  3. This is great beer, eh? I AM CANADIAN! THE GREAT WHITE NORTH

  4. Lawyer leading the charge

  5. Section 91 B.N.A Act 1867 Legislative Authority of Parliament of Canada 91. It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and House of Commons, to make Laws for the Peace, Order, and good Government of Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces;

  6. $$$$$$$$$$$ 2003 $800 billion for military $69 billion for development

  7. NATIONAL VS PROVINCIAL POWERS property and civil rights education banking trade & commerce OTTAWA criminal law defence municipal institutions roads

  8. FEDERALISMPrinciple of Subsidiarity Each function should be carried out at the closest possible level to the people affected and at the lowest level consistent with the efficient performance of the task.

  9. federal, national, provincial government

  10. FEDERAL POWERS – National versus Global – a comparison!

  11. UN TO THE RESCUE! Is there a fire? Should we put it out? Where can we get firefighters? Where can we get firetrucks? How can we get them to the fire? Who is the fire chief?

  12. PARIS WWII

  13. EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY 1952

  14. “I AM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD” planet nation province planet vote vote why no vote?

  15. How might we create a higher level of decision-making for global issues? • Functional Institutions and Treaties • Global Peoples’ Assembly    and World Constitution • Union of Democracies • Regional Unions – build and federate • Parliamentary Assembly and UN Reform

  16. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DIRECT ELECTION BY THE PEOPLE

  17. Support Civil Society Organizations

  18. “Don’t expect politicians, even good ones, to do your job for you. Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow.”

  19. GLOBAL CITIZENS WANTED COME TO A WF MEETING START A CAMPUS CLUB

  20. “Our job is to gather the kindling wood until such time as a spark sets it off.”

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