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I distrust and object to the presidential style of governance that Canada has stumbled into, where parliament and its members are little respected and real power resides in the offices of the first minister. I believe that independence in thought and action is vital to restoring authority to elected members.
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Northern Insight by Norman Farrell is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada License.
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