OP-ED: Canada’s federal institutions are failing Canadians

Jim Mason writes, "It is increasingly obvious that Canada’s federal institutions are failing Canadians. Recent events underline a growing institutional dysfunction that requires major reform."

By Jim Mason

It is increasingly obvious that Canada’s federal institutions are failing Canadians. Recent events underline a growing institutional dysfunction that requires major reform.

This year alone, then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked the Governor General – a Trudeau appointee – to prorogue Parliament for no reason other than to more easily facil…