Writers and reporters were trying hard Monday morning to take seriously the government’s new online poll asking Canadians what they want to do about democracy. It is a fallback of both hilarious and superbly sneaky resort on the part of rookie MP and (by the way) Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef. Hilarious because of how it flees from the dangerous task of actually doing anything. Sneaky because the odds seem good that in the 25 days during which Canadians may comment you will have a hard time finding anyone in all South Bayview who has even heard of the gambit. Money being no issue, the government will mail out 15 million postcards to remind you to take this all seriously. The site is called MyDemocracy.ca if you’re feeling rebelious. No dictatorships of the proletariat or aristocracies please. Oh sorry, same thing.
