Pretty wild week to say the least. Today marks the one-week return date - how I wish I’d stayed blissfully ignorant in San Francisco, but as Soul II Soul would say - Back to Life, Back to Reality. Micro Level - I have a lot to learn from the macro level…Humble thanks to the wagoneers circling.
Macro Level - It has been wonderful engaging in thoughtful, passionate conversations with colleagues & friends about our rough political waters. The Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy has an event in the works to bring an even-keeled non-partisan discussion to the community, & I’m prouder of our work every year. As many thoughtful conversations swirl within inter-office-listserv’d emails, some have sprouted from friendly Tweets, so I wanted to plant a seed in the hopes that, like the last post, a comments thread can blossom…
My favourite response was from a MESH-met bud, who shall remain nameless…& my reply to him, will be posted here, eventually…but first I’d like your thoughts on what a successful event would look & feel like. Too many people are lamenting the system, attacking the personalities, feigning exhaustion - Ideally, this would be a forum to discuss how to USE parliamentary democracy to its highest capacity, involve more Canadians, represent more perspectives, nurture more voices to speak up. (& discourage thoughtless, petty, opportunistic aggressive bullying, I am stopping now before I indemnify myself…) Traditional & new media ideas welcome…basic event infrastructure & specific subject-matter/speaker suggestions appreciated…
