Is populism even possible?
Much has been made about the rise of populism. But opinions on populism often ignore a basic question: who is “the people”? As a governing agent, it does not actually exist.
Governance
The faulty Reform Act replaces the will of parliament with the whims of caucus
The Reform Act’s leadership provisions are superfluous, and superfluous isn’t the same as harmless.
The conservative case against the Reform Act
Just because something is unpopular, doesn’t make it wrong. Or unwise.
Reform Act allows MPs to assert true independence
The key to rebalancing this relationship long term is that these formal mechanisms help to reshape the political culture.
Turn the Senate back into Canada's house of memory
Creeping independence is making our partisan politics weaker and our politicians dumber.
So who is running the government right now?
It might seem odd to leave a subjective decision like this in the hands of the prime minister. He may, after all, be biased.
Geoff Sigalet: No housing plan is effective without the provinces
Over the coming days, The Hub will publish mandate letters for the incoming cabinet ministers that set out a series of bold policy prescriptions that would cumulatively tilt Canadian politics…
MP Mike Lake on how to use every waking minute to get things done
In this Hub Dialogue, part of our new policy in action series, The Hub’s editor-at-large Sean Speer speaks to Mike Lake, the member of parliament for the riding of Edmonton — Wetaskiwin.
MP Dan Albas wants to shake up the status quo on student loans
In this Hub Dialogue, editor-at-large Sean Speer speaks to Dan Albas, the Conservative shadow minister of environment and climate change, about his plan to help young Canadians pay off their student loans.
Sean Speer: Centre Block’s massive price tag shows Canadian life is mired in red tape
We now find ourselves in the odd company of the Slovak Republic and other former communist states when it comes to the efficiency and expectedness of our regulatory processes. This isn’t generally a good sign.
