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   From: none@present.com   
      
   "{~_~}Раиса"  wrote in message news:NL6kv.413852$w93.173813@fx08.iad...   
      
   > On 6/5/2014 10:30 AM, M.I.Wakefield wrote:   
   > > No, I'm right:  If you work for the government, they own everything you   
   > > do, and you can't talk about it without permission.   
   >   
   > No, you're wrong again, Dobranski.  'Government' is the people of the   
   > country.  The people who work for Harper and his Cons during their term in   
   > office, work for us.  They're paid by us, the taxpayers, not Harper and   
   > his Cons.   
      
   Actually, they work for the Crown, and the Crown owns all their work.   
      
   > And they have the same rights to constitutional freedom of speech as do   
   > the rest of us.   
      
   No, they don't.  You have to get permission to run for office, including   
   municipal council.  Get high enough up in the public service, and the only   
   political action you can take is to vote ... no donations, no memberships,   
   no signs on your lawn.   
      
   Of course,there is always the alternative of quitting, but they're still   
   bound by the oath/affirmation:   
      
   I, _________, swear (or solemnly affirm) that I will faithfully and honestly   
   fulfil the duties that devolve on me by reason of my employment in the   
   public service of Canada and that I will not, without due authority,   
   disclose or make known any matter that comes to my knowledge by reason of   
   such employment. (Add, in the case where an oath is taken, “So help me God”   
   (or name of deity).)   
      
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