Guest Post by Kelly Populous
Imagine a law so badly misunderstood that politicians and parties tolerate an unwanted, unpopular premier in order to avoid an election. A government without the political capital to change important public policy becomes trapped with unwanted leadership and winds up paralyzed. The public grows more apathetic or, worse, angry... and the whole province suffers as a result.
Imagine a law so badly misunderstood that politicians and parties tolerate an unwanted, unpopular premier in order to avoid an election. A government without the political capital to change important public policy becomes trapped with unwanted leadership and winds up paralyzed. The public grows more apathetic or, worse, angry... and the whole province suffers as a result.
The scenario would seem crazy if Newfoundland and Labrador hadn't already suffered
through it under Kathy Dunderdale. Now, with Dwight Ball flailing
badly as the province’s First Minister, it seems that we have lost the ability
to determine a course to provide renewal of the province's political
leadership.
It does not
have to be that way.
