Geert, One minor correction to your comments. The current government in Canada is called Liberal after its party's name and is so as is the Clinton administration. The reason the challenge theory does not work in Canada is that it is too expensive here to challenge anything, but usually the laws get watered down before they are passed. They get much of their advice from the same people who tell them to finger print all Jamaicans coming into Canada including visiting entertainers. After a while you get used to it and realize as you pointed out Geert that these things don't happen because there are still checks and balances built in to the systems of most countries. -- Paul. Dr. Paul S. di Virgilio, University of Toronto [log in to unmask]