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Sunday at the Movies (The Nanny State)

There’s always a tension between citizens’ right to individual freedom and the state’s right to curtail its citizens’ right to individual freedom. Often, it is a matter of opinion and politics. However, today’s video deals with the Quebec judge who last year ordered two school-age children to be sent to a state school because their parents were using direct instruction, and now this year two preschoolers from the same family are to be forced to attend a government daycare centre for socialization purposes. I suspect that most people would agree that the Quebec government is way out of line here - an illustration of what happens when the state is given too much power.