Less Me Guess
Paul Summerville • May 3, 2010
Tags: Canada, Political Reform
Perhaps the most pressing question for modern democracies is whether the sophistication and speed of our 21st century world has eclipsed the ability of our political institutions to manage.
One response to the difficulty of managing the country is to centralise power blocking all attempts at Parliamentary accountability. The ever fair Jim Travers on the damage this is doing to Canadian democracy. You have been warned. Thanks to Patricia of Victoria for sending this in.
For the moment, the brick-by-brick dismantling of Canadian democracy has stopped. How long it remains suspended depends on good will getting the better of political opportunism.
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