On Canadian Democracy
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On Canadian Democracy

Using the decrepit state of 24 Sussex Drive, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada, as a metaphor for Canada’s democracy, Jonathan Manthorpe examines the foundations, supports, and systems that are meant to keep our parliament a representative body, an actual voice of the people, and he offers insights as to how this institution can be renovated to the benefit of all.

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Jonathan Manthorpe

Jonathan Manthorpe is the author of three books including the national bestseller and Globe and Mail Top 100 Books of 2019, Claws of the Panda. Over his fifty-year career as a journalist, he has been the European Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, the national reporter for the Globe and Mail, and an advisor to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau on the patriation of the Canadian constitution. He is based in Victoria, British Columbia.

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In this chapter, Manthorpe critiques the state of Canadian democracy.
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In this chapter, Manthorpe argues that Canadian democratic institutions are withering due to collective neglect.
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In this chapter, Manthorpe examines the extraordinary concentration of power in Canadian prime ministers, a system critics call an ‘imperial democracy.’
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In this chapter, Manthorpe examines the Canadian Senate’s struggling role since Confederation in 1867.
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In this chapter, Manthorpe traces Canada’s persistent constitutional indecision across nearly 150 years, from Confederation in 1867 through to the failed Meech Lake Accord of 1987 and the …
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In this chapter, Manthorpe examines how the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms shifted power from elected legislatures to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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In this chapter, Manthorpe traces Canada’s struggling federal-provincial relationship from the failed Meech Lake Accord in 1990 through the early 2020s.
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In this chapter, Manthorpe examines Canada’s first-past-the-post voting system, in use since Confederation in 1867, and the persistent struggle to replace it.
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In this chapter, Manthorpe examines the gap between Canada’s economic growth and its citizens’ actual quality of life, arguing that GDP fails to capture true wellbeing.
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In this chapter, Manthorpe examines the link between transparency and public trust in Canadian governance.
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In this chapter, Manthorpe concludes on his thoughts on the state of Canadian democracy.
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This "chapter" includes acknowledgement and notes.
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