1. The Jedi Return, But Whose Side Are They On?
(Blog/Politics)

... were originally set up to enforce the Galactic Senate's big government agenda. Dan Drezner over at Foreign Policy took issue with this statement and argued that we really don't know enough about ...

2. Canadians want a majority government: poll
(Blog/Politics)

... If we truly want small and stable government, we need to consider real institutional reform. Instead of continuing with the government's piecemeal approach to Senate reform, we should be trying to ...

3. Is Iran more republican than America?
(Blog/World)

... the Senate, and the many, represented by the Tribunes and Assemblies. Similarly, the Iranian constitution shares power between the supreme leader, the aristocracy (represented by the Guardian Council ...

4. Goodbye cruel world
(Blog/Politics)

... abandoning his plans for Senate reform, but I chose not to focus on this because I believe it is a non-issue. First, it is unfair to criticize Harper for doing the same thing as just about every prime ...

5. Into the void
(Blog/Politics)

... also criticized for its lack of fiscal responsibility, huge deficits, and its failure to reform democratic institutions such as the Senate. The breakup of Mulroney's "grand coalition" saw the emergence ...

6. Sober second thought
(Blog/Politics)

At the end of December, Prime Minister Stephen Harper filled 18 vacant seats in the Senate. This move was widely criticized because Harper had said the seats would remain vacant until the provinces ...

7. A check without the balance
(Blog/Politics)

... and balanced, something that is needed in order to produce fair and unbiased rulings on jurisdictional issues. I am not going to propose how this reform should look, but it may go hand in hand with Senate ...

8. Why senate reform?
(Blog/Politics)

With the current controversy over the appointments of David Emmerson and Michael Fortier to the Conservative cabinet, I think it’s time to reexamine why we want Senate reform. Many people, including many ...