Just Trust Us: The Erosion of Accountability in Canada

by J. Patrick Boyer

J. Patrick Boyer draws together new patterns that help explain why Canadians who care deeply about our country nevertheless feel perplexed, angered, and even embarrassed by the way we now govern ourselves.

Since the late 1700s "representative government" has been part of our Canadian birthright, and since the 1800s "responsible government" has additionally been a constitutional foundation of our country. That the forms of both endure,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550024310
• ISBN13: 9781550024319
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

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Just Trust Us is a slender book that packs a painful punch. Boyer has summarized the growing malaise of impotence and, worse, disinterest that is speading throughout the Canadian populace. "Accountability" is a word that our politicians spout with great regularity and yet examples of it can seldom be found in the halls of government. We, as Canadians, shrug and become increasingly cynical - we ignore scandal and by-pass the polling booths on our way to pay our taxes. The result, as Boyer states, is "government of the government, by the government, for the government". Just Trust Us is written in a casual, conversational style and the author refrains from tendacious diatribes; a rarity in any political tome. This is a "must-read" for Canadian citizens of all political persuasions.