Reading Time: 4 minutes The time has come to stop obsessing about the number of cases, even if they’re rising. Cases don’t equal hospitalizations and they don’t equal deaths
Tag: Democracy
Trudeau government dodges democratic accountability
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s hard not to interpret the federal government’s ongoing refusal to deliver a full budget as yet another example of avoiding accountability
Freedom and responsibility two sides of same coin
Reading Time: 3 minutes Freedom and responsibility may mean different things to different people but each of the choices we make come with consequences
The ugly truth about democracy in decay
Reading Time: 4 minutes Perhaps it’s not democracy that has been corrupted, nor the democratic process, but rather the electorate itself
What Trump’s leadership style says about us
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s time to reflect not just on what politics is doing to our democracy but what it’s doing to us
The people versus Donald Trump
Reading Time: 3 minutes When a leader suggests he will subvert the democratic process, voters have recourse. We’ve seen it in the Philippines and elsewhere
It’s time we all stood up for Julian Assange
Reading Time: 3 minutes What message do we send dictators and the people who live under their tyranny if we don’t have the courage to live up to our own ideals?
Can we save humanity?
Reading Time: 7 minutes The world’s problems are many, and the solutions require abrupt shifts and great sacrifice. But change is essential
Don’t expect a federal election any time soon
Reading Time: 3 minutes In a pandemic, the fundamentals of electioneering and voting can get some of us sick – and make some of us die
The big question about Alberta referendums is why?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government has all the information it needs if it’s going to appeal to the rest of Canada for a fairer equalization deal