Politics and its Discontents

I have to admit I was feeling rather discouraged the other day when I read this CBC report in which an EKOS Research poll found that only 2...

Although the following Rick Mercer rant was made early in 2013, most, I think, would agree that nothing has changed in the interim:

....everything you thought you knew about our democracy was an illusion? The following video, made before the last U.S. election and directe...

Somehow I don't think our 'friends' to the south have anything to teach us about civil society and democratic rights, although ...

During the past year I have written many posts on the sad spectacle of a Canadian democracy in decline, citizen cynicism and apathy rather ...

For someone who believes in the potential power of the people, this small demonstration against Rob Ford's brutish abuse of power is...

We live in time when the Harper government seems to be doing everything in its power to persuade Canadians that democracy is meaningless and...

Why would I be surprised at anything I read about the Conservatives? This article about Tony Clement's letter to the Senate members ur...