How to reverse decline of Parliament

If the opposition parties are serious about Parliament's decline, they can assert its authority when the House reconvenes. Parliament does have some awesome powers.

TORONTO—Of Canada's three constitutional pillars—Parliamentary government, federalism, and the Charter of Rights—the public is least enamoured with the first. The steady decline of Parliament says as much about the public as it does about Stephen Harper. The principle of respons...

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