Kathy L. Brock – The Conversation

Manitoba Premier-elect Wab Kinew walks to the premier’s office to meet with outgoing Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson in Winnipeg. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski

October 10, 2023

In Manitoba and elsewhere in Canada, mean‑spiritedness can lose elections

Kathy L. Brock, Queen's University, Ontario

Past and present election campaigns suggest Canadians will only tolerate negative campaigns if they aren’t overly mean-spirited.

People gather to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates and masking measures during a rally in Kingston, Ont., in November 2021. Ottawa’s proposals to bypass publishing vaccine mandate guidelines goes against the principles of good governance. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg

January 19, 2022

Everyone should be concerned if the federal government bypasses the Canada Gazette

Kathy L. Brock, Queen's University, Ontario and Robert P. Shepherd, Carleton University

In a time-honoured tradition of Canadian democracy, government regulations become public when they appear in the Canada Gazette. That’s why Ottawa’s proposal to bypass that step is so troublesome.

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