Coalition Controversy to Constitutional Crisis
The Winnipeg Free Press
Wednesday October 28, 2009
Summary: University of Toronto professor emeritus Peter Russell argues that Stephen Harper’s campaign against the proposed opposition coalition contradicted the principles of parliamentary democracy. Russell also insists on the value of coalition governments to countries like Canada.
Excerpt: Canada, one of the world’s oldest parliamentary democracies, “is fast becoming a basket case — the banana republic of the parliamentary world,” …
