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Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear
Thought provoking article on the Harper government written for an Australian newspaper from a Waterloo Prof
The centralisation of power in the hands of the prime minister and political staffers - with the resulting diminution of the role and status of cabinet, parliaments and parliamentarians - is common to Anglo-Saxon democracies in Australia, Britain, Canada and the US, but the extent to which constitutional conventions, parliamentary etiquette and civil institutions of good governance have been worn away in Canada is cause for concern.
While much of this article is an opinion piece with a Liberal bias...does the author have a valid point when he says
Canadians seem largely apathetic about the erosion of their democracy.
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So . . . . . uh, vote 'em out if its a problem.
Ultimately, the mechanisms within the democracy remain in place to have a remedy if the common man/woman feels the style of governance, which is really what we're talking about, is a problem.
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The resulting diminution of the role and status of cabinet, parliaments and parliamentarians" and the
"diminuation of democracy" are probably two separate topics and don't have to be related.
It's not like Chretien wasn't a mini-dictator either.
Petty dictator Harper and his slate of drones are in front of the polls right now. Make a change if that's your bent.
Good grief.
Whiny Liberal homo's.
Cowperson