tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post2890363841976537603..comments2023-01-14T05:10:26.912-05:00Comments on Democracy Under Fire: Democracy DefinedRuralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-82704827778881555802019-04-11T13:43:23.437-04:002019-04-11T13:43:23.437-04:00Good to hear from you again Allen, I entirely agre...Good to hear from you again Allen, I entirely agree with you on this one but fear that that the 'popularity' you refer to will win out and lead us deeper in the swamp.Ruralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-46235707153216570122019-04-11T13:02:38.806-04:002019-04-11T13:02:38.806-04:00Only the Greens & the NDP are talking seriousl...Only the Greens & the NDP are talking seriously about electoral reform and the existential threat of a changing climate.<br /><br />It's time for truth telling and acceptance of the societal changes we need to implement. Only the Greens have the gumption to put forward the required objectives in concrete terms and that is not popular. But popularity is not what we need right now. Our young people are waking up to that in the form global protest and we need to support them. Partisan leaders are tone deaf. Is there finally a growing recognition of that? It's starting to feel like it. but will it come fast enough?<br /><br />Alan Goodhallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01434987945087327566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-78415581717796174472019-04-07T16:51:59.336-04:002019-04-07T16:51:59.336-04:00There seems to be a large collection of sheep in t...There seems to be a large collection of sheep in the Ontario legislature now days Lorne!Ruralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-18587432278989595652019-04-07T15:56:06.853-04:002019-04-07T15:56:06.853-04:00I often attribute some of our democratic decay to ...I often attribute some of our democratic decay to an apathetic and ill-informed electorate, Rural, but you make a good case for the structural problems within our system. Like you, I am absolutely appalled by the dismantling of the things we hold most dear in Ontario, and Ford is certainly not being held to account in any way by his feckless MPPs, with the recent exception of Randy Hillier, who he dispatched from the caucus quite quickly for showing some independence.Lornehttp://politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-41942035680679939982019-04-07T11:59:19.221-04:002019-04-07T11:59:19.221-04:00I believe that my coming look at past articles on ...I believe that my coming look at past articles on that subject will bring that fact into startling perspective Owen.Ruralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-15111637884346338472019-04-07T11:31:58.641-04:002019-04-07T11:31:58.641-04:00In retrospect, Rural, there is little that has hap...In retrospect, Rural, there is little that has happened in the last ten years to make us feel better about our democracy.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com