Seriously. That’s our next documentary project and it’s under way now.

Canada is a great nation founded on liberty under law. But our system of parliamentary self-government was already under considerable strain in 1982 when a group of sorcerers’ apprentices tried to fix the wrong things and bungled it. And the worst thing they did was shut the people out, not just in 1982 but ever since.

By now our Constitution is a mess. And yes, we can do better. Much better.

We’re delighted to be partnering on the fundraising for this project with the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. You can get more information at fixtheconstitution.ca. But the core of the project is to explain what was right about our Constitution from the beginning, what was going wrong by 1982, how the “repatriation” made everything far worse and how we can go forward.

It’s not just a documentary. It’s a manifesto, with a plan for undoing the harm from 1982, correcting defects even in the original British North America Act, securing property rights, free speech and genuine self-government, and grounding it all in popular consent. It will include a draft revised Constitution that preserves what is right, straightens what is bent and discards what is wrong.

It’s part of our larger project of reclaiming Canada’s heritage. And as always, we need your support. We’re very grateful to everyone who’s backed our previous documentaries. And if you’re willing to help come to grips with defects in our fundamental law, reduce the gap between government and the governed, and get back to the basics that made Canada great, we’re asking you to back it again.

Why now? Because you fix the roof while the sun is shining. Why the Constitution? Because fundamentals matter. Why us? Because doing it yourself is the Canadian way.

It’s time to fix the Constitution. We can and we should. Let’s do it.

In my latest Rebel video, I talk about how easy it would have been to be a pollster in 1789. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W17gKFtxAEQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9jZPPbP3Uo If only life’s problems had simple solutions, we sigh. But often they do. Not easy ones, but simple ones, as Ronald Reagan liked to say. And nowhere is it more true than in economics, where we really do know what works and, more importantly, what doesn’t. 

There’s even a simple way to get on top of it that actually is easy: Read Henry Hazlitt’s classic, plain-language, common sense Economics in One Lesson. It’s 70 years old now but still absolutely timely because we keep making the same simple mistakes. 

Not to worry, if we give up that bad habit we’ll still have plenty to bicker about in foreign and social policy. But in economics, there are simple solutions. Read Hazlitt and you’ll know what they are.

In my latest Rebel piece I reflect on the consequences of the Wright Brothers' invention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jonoPnrsb_k

In my latest Rebel piece, I say that in public policy we need to learn to spot things hidden in plain sight, for instance Soviet human rights violations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktNnobLIZ4Y

https://youtu.be/MB5bjoybwcg  

In my latest video for The Rebel, I point to the AMC Pacer as proof that people who are deliberately “futuristic” in their thinking consistently produce freakish or monstrous results. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRc36pOOOUE

Our Kickstarter campaign has reached its goal. And I do mean “we” and “our”. Like our Magna Carta documentary, our project on the Canadian right to bear arms is about the people. It is for the people. And it is made possible by the people. It is you, who responded to our appeal for support, who let us create this next installment in our “Reclaiming Canada’s Heritage” project.

If you have been thinking of backing the documentary and haven’t yet, we welcome further contributions. Even a few dollars gets you listed in the credits, unless you don’t want to be (if so, please tell us). It’s important to show how much active support there is for our traditional rights and how much understanding that Canada’s story is of proudly independent, competent people, in the past and today.

Also, as we said in our initial promotional video, if we exceed our target significantly we can make a longer film with more travel to do more on-location narration and interviews. But regardless, we have now funded it and it will get made.

We did it. And I do mean we. Thanks very much to everyone who backed it and made themselves part of that “we”.