Opinion | Justin Trudeau’s terrible new election rules will limit citizen activism

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Opinion: Justin Trudeau’s terrible new election rules will limit citizen activism

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JJ_McCullough Sounds like Trump & GOP!

What is JT so afraid of that he has to control us?

Limiting Democratic practices isn't in Trudeau's thinking. He learned at the knee of a liberal intellectual father with far Left leanings who re-wrote Canada's constitution in '82. Canada has always been a friend of Democratic values and always will be. Trudeau breathes freedom!

I always knew he was a fake liberal!

The primary function of this legislation is to ensure that elections can not be bought by the very wealthy. (Koch brothers?) Also, the idea of all advertising, all the time is annoying. Canadians do not want politics all the time. I agree with your assessment if the media tho.

because the US system of corrupt vote buying, billionaire politician buying, works so much better. fake news brainwashing. I hear organized crime is running things. plus you need to fact check

And there I was thinking that WP employed fact checkers as part of editing

Why are you sticking your nose in Canada’s business when states in the US are engaging in active voter suppression and gerrymandering?

I support Trudeau for trying to keep from our elections from becoming like American elections, never ending and open to the crippling effect of big, anonymous donors.

Canada is on to something. We need more of these. Money in politics is the problem. The average person, no matter how qualified, can't get elected to higher office in this country w/o major money endorsing them. And endorss come w/strings attached.

Trudeau has repealed the odious Orwellian named Fair Elections Act passed under Harper which stripped the right to vote from Canadian expats and changed long accepted ID at the polls. Stop publishing that propaganda hack .

Love how libs are just fine with HillaryClinton s funds until she loses.

Give me trump any day. This Nancy boy is over the top

This is not serious or worthy of the Washington Post. Who cares about McCullough's opinions? It's clickbait for his youtube business.

Unlikely...

We need these laws in the United States to overcome the evils of (1) Money and (2) endless campaigning

at least Canada has the good sense to ban Fox News from identifying as a news org vs entertainment, which is what it is

🤣 May raise a few eyebrows

Weber argued that bureaucracy ... can organize the human activity and that systematic processes and organized hierarchies are necessary to maintain order' Trudeau's control in Canada's case. Herein lies erosion of individual political activism.

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Whatever the drawbacks of this may be, avoiding the fate of the US electoral process is a worthy goal. In practice, unrestricted spending doesn't open the field for everyone. It just translates to the dominance of those with money - in the election and therefore in goverment.

Focus on your president!

While it is gratifying to see WaPo concerned for the rights of Canadian activists, up here in Canuckada, a lot of folks are worried about the emergence of US style PACs funded by American oil drenched billionaires, foreign nations and others who care more for padding their...

Thank God I am an American citizen who has freedom of choice on so many things, including speech!

That's how real life socialism works.

Vote Trudeau out.

I thought he was an advocate of true democracy criticizing president Trump’s method

Enh, eh. The 'Just Society' Justice Minister's Justin has his own version of a War Measures Act.

Canadians are too polite for citizen activism.

u mean extremism

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