In Canada, individual Elected Members (MPs) and appointed Senators have responsibility for legislating in the national interest, upholding democratic values, and protecting the rights and freedoms of all citizens.
Is that the case?
Canadians vote for local Members of Parliament. That’s Parliamentary Democracy. Yet once Parliament is formed, real power quickly concentrates in the hands of the Prime Minister and his Cabinet.
This creates a paradox. On paper, Parliament is supreme. In practice, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) sets the agenda, appoints key officials, and directs the Cabinet. Strong party discipline means government MPs almost always vote with their leader, reinforcing the centralization of power.
According to the Icelandic Met Office:
While few impacts have been reported, numerous studies demonstrate that unusually high temperatures early in the year can have significant impacts on local ecosystems. These ecosystems, adapted to very cold climates, are sensitive to temperature shifts, and disruptions to their delicate balance can lead to consequences not only for the ecosystems themselves, but also for the communities that depend on them.
Pierre Poilievre’s Canada First Economic Action Plan will supercharge the Canadian economy. His goal is to get major projects built, unlock our resources, and start selling Canadian energy to the world again, bringing home good jobs and billions of dollars in lost investment, and putting Canada First–For a Change.
The Associated Press claims it is: independent, factual, most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news, the essential provider to the news business.
The headline from a March 21, 2025 article by Rob Gillies in the Associated Press reads:
In 57 BCE, the Roman Acta Diurna was a type of daily gazette, with official business and matters of public interest. It was written on stone and metal and posted in public places. In a sense, the Acta Diurna was the prototype of the modern newspaper. Centuries later, News was written by hand on paper. Eventually Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press led to production of newspapers for mass distribution.
When a government uses information as a tool to instil fear—limiting free speech, restricting free association, and suppressing independent thought—it’s dangerously close to totalitarianism. In a healthy democracy, governments should empower their citizens with accurate, unbiased, and truthful information. Transparency fosters trust, allowing citizens to make informed decisions about their lives and their country. However, when fear replaces truth, it is the responsibility of citizens to take action.
Back in the day, I accepted whatever I heard from the TV, newspapers, school, and government without a second thought. But things have changed drastically since then. I trusted these institutions implicitly, believing they were looking out for the best interests of society and delivering unbiased information. Doveryai, No Proveryai, or as President Ronald Reagan said during his disarmament talks with Russia,
I’m Canadian, but Italian by birth. My whole working life has been spent as an employee of a government agency, first as a project engineer and finally as a policy analyst. I’m now retired and living in rural Ontario with my wife of fifty years. In 1949 George Orwell published his final novel, 1984, about a dystopian world where the government told people that war was peace, freedom was slavery, love was hate, and ignorance was strength.
This Blog is my effort to look at what’s happening in the world for signs that we are heading towards a world resembling 1984.
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