Amitpal Singh

Values-based politics hamper progress

What Canadians seem to get are politicians who put their parties above their priorities via conditioned antics. Voters should not be interested in the mindless chest-beating politics of their ideology, because how can a politician who puts doctrine and “values” first be entrusted to make rational decisions? With headlines of Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s alleged crack-cocaine addiction, the expenses of Senator Mike Duffy, and the institutional costs of the Senate and issues over 2011 election spending, stories of poor governance are compounded. These aren’t even “scandals,” really; they have become ordinary problems for Ottawa and other political jurisdictions. At worst,…

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