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John Robson: How ‘Rule of the Expert’ Is Displacing Genuine Self-Government in Canada

John Robson: How ‘Rule of the Expert’ Is Displacing Genuine Self-Government in Canada
A swimming pool in Vancouver in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
John Robson
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From sea to shining C-minus, the authorities do not trust Canadians, and we trust them not to. Nova Scotia banned walking in the woods lest we dunces set the place ablaze with incandescent hiking boots, while Vancouver banned teaching your own kid to swim in city pools. Welcome to government of the expert, by the expert, for the expert.
John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”