John Robson: Why Governments Keep Getting Bigger

John Robson: Why Governments Keep Getting Bigger
The Canadian flag on the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 28, 2024. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
John Robson
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For a brief moment I felt encouraged. Someone sent a photo of Britain’s new cabinet, small enough to meet at one large table, and asked why ours was so big. I was preparing to offer a Chestertonian paradox involving their Parliament being bigger than ours. But alas and prosaically, I checked and the wider British cabinet is enormous, continuing to erode self-government by subordinating the legislature to the executive branch.

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.”