Month: July 2019

National Post: John Ivison: Think populism’s on the way out in Canada? Its foremost exponent is just warming up

On 18th July 2019

This is a concern worth considering: getting people to vote out of their emotions is the right tactic to win, but gets us the wrong winners.

Fortunately, education can address this. If only we still had real education….

John Ivison: Think populism’s on the way out in Canada? Its foremost exponent is just warming up
Canadian Conservatives had best hope the wave has broken, because there are few more capable exponents of populist techniques than Justin Trudeau

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National Post: Andrew Coyne: Reforming Canadian democracy starts by reforming candidate nomination process

By Karljürgen Feuerherm

On 18th July 2019

In Politics

And the reason this isn’t happening is that a much more basic reform is needed: the reform of human beings themselves! It’s the fly in the ointment in every political system….

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Andrew Coyne: Reforming Canadian democracy starts by reforming candidate nomination process
Of the more than 6,600 major party candidates in the last five federal elections, just 17% were chosen to represent their parties in competitive nomination races

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