“Members of parliament are the linchpins of our democracy.” Finance minister Paul Martin says parliament must remain front and centre stage in modern global village [Speech to Assumption University]

Today, we see more and more people seeking to create their own decisionmaking process. The protests in Seattle at the World Trade Organization sent a wake-up call -- reminding us of the feelings of a growing number that they feel excluded and have lost confidence in the traditional avenues of deb...

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