There's an argument gaining currency that American federalism has proven its worth in the pandemic but I find it hard to believe when the president is comparing himself to Captain Bligh and governors to mutineers. Also threatening to withhold medical supplies. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1250075668282576898 …
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https://7news.com.au/politics/pm-weighs-permanent-national-cabinet-c-973784 …. In Australia, we're apparently looking at formalising the interstate-Commonwealth leaders fora.
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That would take one sentence: Trudeau can speak two languages, is civil and polite whereas Trump is....(sorry not enough characters available)
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It’s also about cultural attitudes to government, & to governance. Canadians are not brought up to automatically distrust government — rather the opposite. Which makes a reciprocity possible: not just leaders able to lead, but populations trusting those leaders to lead them.
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This simply isn't true. Lack of trust in govt is widespread in Canada among conservatives and the reigning Liberals are neoliberal ideologues.
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Kenney is acting like an escaped Tea Party member.
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Not quite the book, but a critique of the American system influenced in part by contrasting it with the Canadian system:https://medium.com/@r.s.lewis.jr.1960/the-constitution-isnt-the-solution-it-s-the-problem-8364fb70c3b4?source=friends_link&sk=2637a714cdb6021e7b1946f389b3ee1f …
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Im not sure Canada has really done much better than the States, despite Trump's incompetence. At the end of the day, Canada didn't test enough, ran out of PPE and screwed up their response with respect to people coming back from Europe.
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