cover image: Just Trust Us : The Erosion of Accountability in Canada

Premium

Just Trust Us : The Erosion of Accountability in Canada

2003

J. Patrick Boyer draws together new patterns that help explain why Canadians who care deeply about our country nevertheless feel perplexed, angered, and even embarrassed by the way we now govern ourselves.

Since the late 1700s "representative government" has been part of our Canadian birthright, and since the 1800s "responsible government" has additionally been a constitutional foundation of our country. That the forms of both endure, but not their substance, is the thesis of Boyer's book. The result? An absence of accountability in Canadian government.

Most of our country's pressing concerns and complex problems - from regional economic disparities to the Quebec and Western Canadian separatist movements, from tax evasion to voter apathy - can be traced back to this fundamental lack of accountability. A citizen who understands this absence sees that it makes sense to step back from a dysfunctional system. Making this accountability connection is critical, Boyer concludes, because only when we clearly understand the root cause of the problems we face as a nation can we begin to develop workable, long-term solutions.

canada politics and government representative government and representation 20th century

Authors

J. Patrick Boyer

Related Organizations

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
320.971
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
21
General Note
One of the 16 vols., and 18 hours of video which make up the Underground royal commission report Published in association with Dundurn Press Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
Geographic Area Code
n-cn---
ISBN
9781770701403 1550024310
LCCN
JL65
LCCN Item number
B69 2003eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
CaOONL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (162 p.)
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
Rights
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)slc00221768 (OCoLC)648227538 (CaOOCEL)424212
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
CaOONL

Related Topics

All