While our democracy shrinks, a distracted nation checks out: not a beach read

Andrew Coyne's brilliant book, The Crisis in Canadian Democracy, should be on every high school curricula and on every federal MP’s summer reading list. The content is alarming and the conclusion inescapable: we increasingly live in an autocratic state, in the shredded remains of real democracy, at a time when we need a vibrant, inclusive, and representative national government more than ever.
The Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa. The power of the Canadian prime minister—of every one since Pierre Elliott Trudeau—has been steadily expanding and is now all-encompassing, writes Susan Riley.

CHELSEA, QUE.—Political columnist Andrew Coyne has written a passionate, readable, brilliantly-argued book called The Crisis in Canadian Democracy that should be on every high school curricula and on every federal MP’s summer reading list.

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