It is hard not to feel sorry about the state of our democratic life. Our democratic institutions and processes have evolved in a way that makes rational public debates unlikely. When I look at the Ottawa and Quebec City governments, I see parties seasoned in wedge politics and strategic manoeuvring. Yes, Kevin Spacey is irresistible and Robin Wright…
Jocelyn Maclure
Jocelyn Maclure is a professor of philosophy at Université Laval in Quebec City. He coauthored, with Charles Taylor, Secularism and Freedom of Conscience (Harvard University Press, 2011) and writes for the public affairs blog In Due Course.