There are hundreds of Canadian communities that have given more thought to hiring their rink manager than they have to electing their member of Parliament.

When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.

An optimist in Canada is someone who think things could be worse

My first official consulting job, therefore, was for a scrap metal dealer (he resented the term "junk dealer") in East Edmonton named Benny Sugarman.

During his long political career, my father was always active in communicating the Christian gospel from the evangelical perspective.

My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.

The first lesson, for all Canadians, is that the closed door, top down approaches to constitution making do not provide the public input or debate necessary to achieve a constitutional consensus that will be supported by the people.