The federal NDP leader recently contacted the newly-installed Governor General to advise her that any Liberal Government request to dissolve Parliament and trigger an election should be refused – because Parliament has been functioning just fine according to Singh. Let’s leave aside the propriety of a federal leader offering unsolicited advice to a Governor General (new or otherwise) and focus on the central issue involved – the power to dissolve Parliament and bring on an election.
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The stars must have been in a strange alignment recently because I find myself in agreement with Steven Lecce and the Ford Government. They are under attack for removing a preamble to the new Grade 9 math curriculum that began by stating that “a decolonial, anti-racist approach to mathematics education makes visible its historical roots and social constructions.” It went on:
The Ontario Grade 9 mathematics curriculum emphasizes the need to recognize and challenge systems of power and privilege, both inside and outside the classroom, in order to eliminate systemic barriers and to serve students belonging to groups that have been historically disadvantaged and underserved in mathematics education. It is 20 years since 9/11 and the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City. Not long after, James Travers (Toronto Star, September 20, 2001) wrote about this tragedy: “Trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Centre is the once popular notion that citizens are best protected by government that is small, poor and impotent.” Criticisms that the public service is overpaid and underworked disappeared as we watched public servants – firefighters, police, ambulance workers, and countless others – on the front lines in response to 9/11.
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AuthorC. Richard Tindal, Ph.D is a retired Professor of Government. He taught for 30 years at St. Lawrence College, Kingston and was an occasional Visiting Professor at Queen's University. He has also written and consulted extensively about government. Archives
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