Since the start of the American Revolution, Canada has lived in the shadow of the US. At times America has been the enemy, at other times a close ally, Canada’s number one trading partner, the source of waves of immigration and the destination of Canada’s ‘brain drain’. For the entire time though, Canada’s politics have…
Before we can have better government, we’re going to need better voters
Photo credit: eldeeem via Visualhunt.com / CC BY-NC-SA One of the primary roles of any government, under any political system, is to allocate resources. Government regulates industry, controls public lands and sets tax rates to determine how big the “pie” is going to be and then decides how much of the pie various individuals and…
After Brexit and Trump, electoral reform is more important now than it was in 2015
Photo credit: FutUndBeidl via Visualhunt / CC BY Fortunately, despite skepticism by many, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that electoral reform is still on the table. When Trudeau was elected just over a year ago, his promise that 2015 was the last election to be fought under the “first past the post” system. Since that…
Brexit : That time England went on a bender and woke up in jail
Photo via VisualHunt Winston Churchill famously said that “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”. Yesterday the voters of England (formerly the United Kingdom) proved him wrong. British voters, particularly those in England and Wales, voted to destroy their economic present…
Brexit is the UK’s Donald Trump
Photo credit: Davide D’Amico via Visualhunt / CC BY-SA The world is shocked and appalled that Donald Trump has become a major party candidate for President of the United States. It is like watching a train wreck in slow motion, but Trumpism isn’t confined to the US. On Thursday, the UK will vote for or…