J. Patrick Boyer draws together new patterns that help explain
why Canadians who care deeply about our country nevertheless feel
perplexed, angered, and even embarrassed by the way we now govern
ourselves.
Since the late 1700s "representative government" has been part
of our Canadian birthright, and since the 1800s "responsible
government" has additionally been a constitutional foundation of
our country. That the forms of both endure, but not their
substance, is the thesis of Boyer's book. The result? An absence of
accountability in Canadian government.
Most of our country's pressing concerns and complex problems -
from regional economic disparities to the Quebec and Western
Canadian separatist movements, from tax evasion to voter apathy -
can be traced back to this fundamental lack of accountability. A
citizen who understands this absence sees that it makes sense to
step back from a dysfunctional system. Making this accountability
connection is critical, Boyer concludes, because only when we
clearly understand the root cause of the problems we face as a
nation can we begin to develop workable, long-term solutions.
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