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The Liberal Party needs a serious time out of government: Carney’s politics of fear in Election 2025 will backfire, just like Mulroney’s unsuccessful scare tactics in the 1992 Charlottetown Referendum.

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Deborah Coyne

The Liberal Party needs a serious time out of government to take responsibility for their ten-year legacy of democratic decay and a weak, disunited Canada; and to thoroughly rethink their Read more →

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Canadians have a clear choice in #elxn2025 : Sweeping under the rug or rolling up the rug.

Posted on March 24, 2025 by Deborah Coyne

Canadians finally get to choose a new government and prime minister in the federal election called for April 28, 2025. We have a clear choice: more unprincipled, self-absorbed Liberal rule Read more →

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Why I’m voting for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservative Party in the federal election – March 10, 2025

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Deborah Coyne

Canadians are finally only weeks away from a long overdue federal election featuring Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Party leader, and Mark Carney, the new Liberal Party leader. This election is Read more →

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Canada’s faux-democracy heads into a watershed election: How a Pierre Poilievre government can be a positive game-changer – December 6, 2024

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Deborah Coyne

Canada’s faux-democracy – a phenomenon I described in my 2021 short e-book – continues to thrive three years later. My guide to Canada’s faux-democracy and how to fix it is Read more →

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From Mulroney to Trudeau – will the Liberal Party of Canada be humbled in 2023, like the Progressive Conservative Party in 1993? (June 17, 2023)

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Deborah Coyne

Speculation about the timing of the next general election is intensifying.Tom Mulcair suggests that Justin Trudeau may decide to call an election before a public inquiry on foreign interference raises Read more →

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Foreign Interference in our Electoral Institutions and Practices (June 3, 2023)

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Deborah Coyne

The prime minister’s stonewalling of a full public inquiry into the evidence of foreign interference in our electoral institutions and practices, can be explained in two ways: first, the incompetence Read more →

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Political Engagement and Social Media (February 2019)

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Deborah Coyne

Notes for comments at Popular Defiance Plenary – World Affairs Conference, Upper Canada College,  February 5, 2019 I am very happy to speak today on the topic of political engagement and social Read more →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Canadian politics, democratic reform, political engagement, political party decline, social media and politics

#CheersSocialToronto

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Deborah Coyne

Hello parents! Re #CheersSocialToronto – a regular integrated meet-up group for young adults (ages 20-32) who meet criteria for an intellectual disability – functioning in the higher end.  I am the Read more →

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Repeal the Notwithstanding Clause

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Deborah Coyne

Ontario premier Doug Ford’s controversial use of the notwithstanding clause (section 33 of the Constitution Act 1982 – “NWC”) to override the judicial application of the rule of law, has Read more →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Canadian poltics, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Constitutional reform, consultative referenda, democratic reforms, direct democracy

The 25th Anniversary of the Charlottetown Referendum

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Deborah Coyne

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Charlottetown referendum on October 26, 1992. This was a consultative national referendum to determine public opinion on a set of far-reaching constitutional Read more →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Canadian politics, Charlottetown Accord, Constitutional reform, consultative referenda, direct democracy

The Constitution is a “Living Tree”: Time for New Growth (June 2017)

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Deborah Coyne

The Quebec premier’s constitutional discussion paper – “Quebecers: Our Way of Being Canadian. Policy on Québec Affirmation and Canadian Relations” – was a surprising addition to the busy news cycle Read more →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Canadian politics, citizen power, Constitutional reform, democratic reforms, electoral reform, executive power, political engagement, referenda, representative democracy, senate reform

The Challenge to Canadian Democracy – Overview (February 15, 2017)

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Deborah Coyne

Overview In 2017 we will slowly adapt to the new normal of an outrageously uninformed American president who uses Twitter as a channel not just for random thoughts, but also Read more →

Posted in Blog | Tagged Canadian politics, citizen power, Donald Trump, electoral reform, executive power, intergovernmental collaboration, Justin Trudeau, parliamentary reforms, political engagement, political party decline, referenda, representative democracy, senate reform

2015 election articles and related material

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Deborah Coyne

Election statement and policy papers Canadians want coherent action and principled leadership. No more manipulative, secretive and unaccountable government. No more everything-but-the-kitchen-sink omnibus bills. We must restore power to Parliament Read more →

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