The Rise and Fall of Responsible Government

The day the feds launch the legally mandated Emergency Act inquiry is also the day, 173 years ago, that the old parliament building in Montréal was burned. In short, the day one threat to parliamentary government was defeated is also the day we start investigating another. Odd timing, and no doubt unintentional. One day, could April 25 be associated with Canadian democracy’s beginning, and the beginning of its end?