Democracy needs good losers

Whereas war is about using force to impose your will on others, politics is about using the gentle art of persuasion to peacefully convince.

The Conservatives only won the 2011 federal election because our 'first-past-the-post' voting system distorts the will of the people; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau triumphed in 2015 because the mainstream media acted as a Liberal propaganda machine; U.S. President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 U.S. election resulted from Russian interference.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

January 21, 2019

OAKVILLE, ONT.—When it comes to writing about politics, I have something of a bad habit. Nothing too serious mind you, it’s just that I probably use too many military metaphors. At times, for instance, I’ll refer to a political party broadcasting TV and radio ads as launching an “air war�...

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