Canada’s Failing Democratic System

Trudeau has smashed through a trillion dollars in debt, accumulating more debt than all Prime Ministers before him combined. Canada now pays more in interest on its debt than it collects from the GST.

Prior to Trudeau, in 2014, Canada’s per capita GDP was 92% of the US. What is it now? In 2022, it is 72%, a 20% drop in less than 10 years, and getting worse. We are getting poorer, fast. It should not be this way; it does not need to be this way.

Many Canadians are watching our national standard of living getting destroyed and yet feel helpless to do anything to stop it.

Why? Because our democratic system is failing us, with insufficient checks and balances to stop an out of control, narcissistic Trudeau unilaterally putting his pride and hubris, his selfish interests, recklessly ahead of the interests of the nation.

Who is the King?

In our democratic system, this constitutional monarchy, King Charles III is Canada’s symbolic Head of State. Yet, for many Albertans he is not their king. For many Albertans there is only one King, and that is God.

Popular sovereignty is the principle that the authority of government is created and sustained by the consent of its people. Benjamin Franklin expressed this principle as follows “in free governments, the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns”.

Albertans also desire that our governments would be “of the people, by the people, for the people”.

But by his actions Trudeau is not for Albertans, or even Canadians, for that matter. His actions show he is for himself. But it is us that will pay that price long after he is gone.

Trudeau is the King

Unfortunately, Canada has a worse version of the Westminster system elevating this Prime Minister to powers of a de facto king in between elections.

This Prime Minister does not lead his caucus with moral authority, he controls his caucus with sticks – casting them out of caucus or not signing their nominations, and carrots – bribes, postings, and positions in his echo chamber inner circle.

And this incompetent Prime Minister, as a de facto king, unilaterally can, and has, wasted hundreds of billions of taxpayers’ dollars with his lemming caucus and the NDP sitting in a thoughtless stupor as his dumb accomplices.

There is no Federal recall legislation to get rid of this Prime Minister. And this Liberal caucus was negligent and did not adopt the Federal Reform Act which provides a usable check and balance to protect Canadians from bad leaders.

Some Liberal MPs, fearing for their jobs, are now asking for a leadership vote by secret ballot. Not surprising, leaders like this Prime Minister, who do not lead with moral authority, but with sticks and fear and coercion as tools, fear and reject secret ballots.

The UK version the Westminster system knowing of abusive kings, does not accord kinglike powers to a Prime Minister in between elections. It recognizes that, as stated in the Reform Act, that “the executive branch of government is accountable to the legislative branch in accordance with the concept of responsible government, which is the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy”. Canada does not have this for its democratic systems, it is too top down, concentrating too much power in the hands of leaders, vulnerable to abuses in power, and we are worse off for it.

Alberta is Better

Alberta has a recall law for provincial and municipal elected officials. That is good. But it is a fake law in the sense that the thresholds to have a recall are impossible. Alberta’s Recall Act should be amended to make recall possible.

There is no Reform Act like counterpart in Alberta. The old Premier was invited to have a modified form of Reform Act, and to support more secret ballots in caucus, but those invitations were rejected. He was removed the following year by UCP members.

The United Conservative Party has a leadership review check and balance. The UCP board is accountable to its members to protect the neutrality and integrity of this check and balance.

The UCP’s leadership review for Danielle Smith will be at this UCP AGM in Red Deer. This AGM will be attended by over 5,500 Alberta conservatives, the largest political event in Canadian history! It is great to see so many Alberta conservatives participating in Alberta’s democratic processes!

The machine is not greater than its creators. The machine must be accountable to its creators. Alberta is a land of freedom and prosperity. We must be vigilant to keep it that way.

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by Jason Stephan

Canada’s Failing Democratic System

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