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   "Alex Cunningham"  wrote:   
   "C> > "Alex Cunningham" wrote:   
   "C> > "C She is still your employee. She was chosen and hired by your   
   "C> > government.   
   "C>   
   "C> > wrote:   
   "C> > In the same way that when the Personnel Manager hires someone for IBM,   
   "C> > that   
   "C> > person is an employee of the Personnel Manager. . . (certainly not of IB   
   "C> > right?)   
   "C>   
   "C> Wrong!   
   "C> The personnel manager is also an employee of IBM. For your analogy to work   
   "C> the Canadian government would have to be an employee of The Queen. That is   
   "C> very much not the case.   
      
   Semantics -- how would you define "subjects" as opposed to "employees"?   
      
      
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