JGHali
Active Member
Prescribing party politics as the solution for the likes of Rob Ford is the sledgehammer-to-wall approach. A simple recall and/or impeachment process would make a hell of a lot more sense, and would still probably be necessary even in a party system.
In any case, given the anti-democratic domination by the executive of Parliament and, to a lesser extent, provincial legislatures, I fail to see why it would be helpful. Sure, the current system overly favours incumbency. Party systems favour the concentration of power - and that's a lot worse when you have a horrible, incompetent person in charge without any formal means to get rid of them.
In any case, given the anti-democratic domination by the executive of Parliament and, to a lesser extent, provincial legislatures, I fail to see why it would be helpful. Sure, the current system overly favours incumbency. Party systems favour the concentration of power - and that's a lot worse when you have a horrible, incompetent person in charge without any formal means to get rid of them.