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As a citizen of both countries, I am very excited to see Canada giving its citizens some of the same rights that Americans many take for granted.
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I dunno about Canadian rights... but I hope that was just a slip of the tongue rather than a heartfelt and fully understood choice of words.
Governments "give" nothing to the citizens that embody them. Rights are never given from government to people. Only abridged or taken away. Governments have no rights; only powers.
The distinction is subtle, but powerful and important.