The Sixth Estate summarizes the basis of this post which highlights just how far we have drifted, or more corrected been steered, away from true democratic representation. Backbench MP opposes government — for a couple of hours — The Honourable Member for Kootenay-Columbia, David Wilks, earned his honorific bypublicly stating
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Democracy Under Fire: Senate Reform Bill C7
What with all the other stuff going on, not the least of which is the Budget Omnibus Bill which guts environmental regulation and leaves much of the outcomes subject to ministerial overrides, I missed the Senate Reform Bill C7 until I read that Quebec was challenging it. Upon reading it
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: It Stinks On The Hill
Justin Trudeau’sperceptive description of one of the Harper Regimes mouthpieces gotme to thinking! Out here in rural Canada we are used to theoccasional smell wafting up the hill from the nearest agriculturalenterprise but it is no big deal, a fresh breeze will come alongshortly and dissipate the odor. Over on
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Democracy Under Fire Surrenders!
After a a few weeks
reflection I have concluded that the fight to protect our democracy
must continue without my weekly posts for a while. As have many
others, I have found recent events both depressing and disconcerting
and must take some time to abs…
Democracy Under Fire: Principles of Parliamentary Democracy
Peace,
Order & Good Government is the title a blog about
exactly that, a recent post contained links to some opinion and
reports from some individuals well versed in constitutional matters.
If you think that this election is going to either make such …
Democracy Under Fire: Senator Banks Speaks Out.
Senator
Tommy Banks recently wrote a longish article about the choices we
face next Monday, whilst found in at least one place under the
misleading title ‘Conservative
Senator Speaks out’ (Senator Banks
is a Liberal
Senator) the opinions expressed
a…
Democracy Under Fire: The Frustrated Voter!
It is
frustrating listening to all the promises as to what our politicians
will do if elected when we cannot even get a clear picture of what
they did when in power. With the previous government having been the
most secretive and controlling in Canadi…
Democracy Under Fire: The Week That Was, Secrecy, Lies & Rising up
I may be totally
depressed by the futility of trying to effect change using our first
past the post voting system and the total lack of any indication that
any of the incumbent partys will do anything to change it, but unlike
far to many of our citize…
Democracy Under Fire: The Harper Legacy – Series Suspended
Just like the harper
regime I am going to break my promises and suspend dialog, my
intention to document Harpers antidemocratic actions and words over
the last few years is simply too depressing for me to continue. As I
follow the daily promises an…
Democracy Under Fire: Is this Democracy? -Updated
“Harper’s
strategy of refusing to take more than five questions a day from
reporters amounts to a gross disservice to the public. Four of the
permitted questions (generally two in French and two in English) go
to reporters following Harper’s cam…
Democracy Under Fire: The Harper Legacy – Part 2
The Rise to Power,
In Opposition and Before 2004 – 2006
When the 38th
parliament fell in Nov 2005 the mantra from Mr Harper was about
bringing in an “Open and Accountable” government and
early in 2006 he was given a chance to do that. It wa…
Democracy Under Fire: The Harper Legacy – Part 1
Introduction – The
next 5 weeks
Given the pre election
attack ad’s put out by the Harper regime we must assume that Mr
Harper believes that the past actions of a political leader dictate
the future actions of both the leader and the party. With tha…
Democracy Under Fire: Standing Up for Democracy
The following letter has been recently published
at http://plblack99.blogspot.com/
, I do not know Mr Black and can only say that I agree wholeheartedly
with him, we must indeed focus upon the attacks by the Harper regime
upon our democratic instituti…
Democracy Under Fire: More Contempt, More Secrecy, More Stalling
I have been trying hard
to NOT turn this site into an anti Harper Regime rant but it is very
difficult given that said regime is constantly providing more
ammunition to reinforce the position that they are indeed an
antidemocratic bunch that will igno…
Democracy Under Fire: Democracy in Peril?
“I am no fan of hyperbole. The notion
that democracy in a safe, successful, wealthy country like Canada,
constitutionally dedicated to “peace, order, and good
government,” could be “in peril” may strike some
readers as over the top.” So
sa…