'I really don’t think Canadians should be too smug, because politics in Canada is also failing the electorate,' writes reader Don Barill
I just want to point out to Canadians that we have a tendency to see the tremendous demise of politics in our neighbour’s country- the United States, and we choose to believe that we have no similar problems with our politics in Canada.
But I really don’t think Canadians should be too smug, because politics in Canada is also failing the electorate. Both provincial and federal governments tend to make important decisions without discussing and voting on the issues through the elected representatives of the Canadian population. We have more than just two parties as in the U.S., but these political parties depend greatly on political donations.
I believe the average Canadian is well educated, and is aware of this system of “look after the people who have supported the party” – not necessarily the majority. We know that this is not democracy and we don’t actually approve of this practice. But when the next election comes up, we choose to ignore the failures and support the party in spite of their poor democratic principles.
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