John Pepall

Parliament returns amid some desire for change

John Pepall, author of Against Reform, points to the U.S. debt crisis as another reason we should appreciate our parliamentary system.

For their assistance when I was putting together last week’s piece on the House—and for the indispensable sites they respectively maintain—I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Michael Mulley of openparliament.ca and Cory Horner of howdtheyvote.ca. I also must thank Ned Franks, both for his writing on Parliament and omnibus legislation and his perspective.

PAUL WELLS on a new book that argues against government reform