tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post6034214262895202516..comments2023-01-14T05:10:26.912-05:00Comments on Democracy Under Fire: Samara’s Democracy 360 ReportRuralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-24410925937419739952015-03-29T13:56:41.296-04:002015-03-29T13:56:41.296-04:00And we have only a few months to wake them up Pame...And we have only a few months to wake them up Pamela........Ruralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-30160081192159960282015-03-29T12:39:28.364-04:002015-03-29T12:39:28.364-04:00We will have engineered our own destruction Rural ...We will have engineered our own destruction Rural if we keep Harper and his regime in power. Ultimately it is Canadian apathy that will have allowed our democracy to be destroyed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-67507373216014254252015-03-29T12:36:53.042-04:002015-03-29T12:36:53.042-04:00As you say Lorne, we do not elect a Party but indi...As you say Lorne, we do not elect a Party but individual MPs however due to the corrupt way in which the main parties have limited the ability of those MPs to to work for US rather than their party things are not working as they should. Only massive public engagement in repairing the system will reverse this trend.<br />Owen, that is so true, let us hope it is in good hands!Ruralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-4686813958428291832015-03-29T10:39:43.820-04:002015-03-29T10:39:43.820-04:00Hiding behind the fiction of 'representative g...Hiding behind the fiction of 'representative government,' those who serve their party's interests before those of their constituents always say that their mandate lies in the fact that their party was elected to form the government, and hence were given the confidence of the people. This, of course, is patent nonsense, Rural, and only when people realize they have power if sufficient numbers show their engagement will we see any improvement in Canadian democracy.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-46411458795944126442015-03-29T09:19:12.390-04:002015-03-29T09:19:12.390-04:00As always, Rural, the future is in the hands of th...As always, Rural, the future is in the hands of the young -- and their compassionate elders.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com