Democratic Deficit

This is what government must do. We identified a problem: the democratic deficit. And we took immediate action by implementing transformative change.

Let me pause here for a minute. Transformative change. What does that mean? To me, it means a fundamental shift in approach and direction, it is not stop-gap measures imposed incrementally.Prime Minister Paul Martin, April 2004

Transformative change to Mr. Martin apparently doesn’t mean following through on your promises or even keeping a web site on the subject up to date.

The official Government of Canada site on democratic reform is, rather ironically, devoid of all content. http://www.democraticreform.gc.ca/