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Salim Mansur: “‘Democratic deficit’ cripples our government”

Salim Mansur explains for us, with his amazing nack for brevity and clarity, just how it is we got into this mess, and how we can get out of it. 

It’s in our Columnist section.

Here’s a snippet:

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Martin, like his predecessor, has allowed himself to be corrupted by the absolute power of his office. We have seen the effect this week in his party’s disregard for Parliament’s expressed opinion that the government lacks the democratic mandate to remain in power.

The appropriate response of the Liberal minority government to the vote last Tuesday calling on it to resign would have been to arrange—without delay—a vote on a substantive motion of confidence, and abide by the result.

 

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