Canadian Policy

Published on July 6, 2015, in Policy Options. 

Published June 29, 2015, in the Waterloo Region Record.

Three weeks ago, I wrote a column about everyone’s favourite subject: the Senate of Canada. Well, perhaps not quite everyone’s. Stephen Harper’s fondest wish is that the upper house go quietly away and take Mike Duffy with it.

I am in the midst of reading Joseph Heath's Enlightenment 2.0, which was shortlisted for this year's Donner Prize.  It covers a lot of similar ground in other recent books about how humans think, such as Daniel Kahnman's and Jonathan Haidt's books.

Published June 8, 2015, in the Waterloo Region Record. 

What are we going to do with the dear old Senate?

The appointed upper house has graduated from being a political anachronism to a national embarrassment. Under attack by the auditor general and investigation by the RCMP – and abandoned by their patron, the prime minister – senators now expend their energy trying to cover their sorry butts.

Published by Christopher Alcantara and Michael Morden in the May 2015 issue of Policy Options.