How the Canadian Senate Fought Racism
There have been calls to abolish the Canadian senate, or to reform it. Yet the Senate of Canada has been a vital institution that has influenced the political culture of the country.
Government in Proto-British Columbia
For 150 years the Nation State has been the dominant for of government. People today can hardly imagine anything else. But for most of history a host of other forms have thrived.
The Company State was both fully business and fully government. The Hudson Bay Company and East India Company were the largest. Between them they governed ten percent of the Earth’s surface and population.
Proportional Representation
Do you want to choose your own MLA or do you want a political party to choose for you?
Roots of Government
British Columbia has two systems of government - parliamentary and municipal.
Parliamentary government is rooted in law making (legislative): Municipal in law keeping (judicial).