Comments on: this journal’s purpose https://matttodd.ca sharing ideas on community and democracy Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:37:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Matt Todd https://matttodd.ca/?page_id=11&cpage=1#comment-806 Matt Todd Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:37:14 +0000 http://matttodd.ca/?page_id=11#comment-806 If "earned" in the federal context means being elected as a member of parliament and forming a majority with other members, and working out who will be your leader, defining your collective priorities, and agreeing on how future decisions will be made... then I'd say the NDP/Liberal coalition has earned it. In the White Rock context, what happens when the elected representatives neither earn nor take the privilege to govern, yet it gets given to them anyway? If “earned” in the federal context means being elected as a member of parliament and forming a majority with other members, and working out who will be your leader, defining your collective priorities, and agreeing on how future decisions will be made… then I’d say the NDP/Liberal coalition has earned it.

In the White Rock context, what happens when the elected representatives neither earn nor take the privilege to govern, yet it gets given to them anyway?

]]> By: Lisa https://matttodd.ca/?page_id=11&cpage=1#comment-782 Lisa Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:31:53 +0000 http://matttodd.ca/?page_id=11#comment-782 on democracy: "This is Canada. The privilege to govern must be earned, not taken" from a political party email received today regarding other political party meetings this weekend surrounding the constitutional crisis in the house of commons. on democracy:

“This is Canada. The privilege to govern must be earned, not taken”

from a political party email received today regarding other political party meetings this weekend surrounding the constitutional crisis in the house of commons.

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