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When speed replaces substance, democracy suffers

  • Without meaningful alternatives, politics becomes hollow—a contest of personalities and timetables rather than ideas.
Opinion | BY ZACH BATTAT | October 15, 2025
When the Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, left, critique that the government, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, is too slow to implement policies they like, the result is a steady rightward drift in politics, writes Zach Battat. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

When speed replaces substance, democracy suffers

Opinion | BY ZACH BATTAT | October 15, 2025
  • Without meaningful alternatives, politics becomes hollow—a contest of personalities and timetables rather than ideas.

When speed replaces substance, democracy suffers

Opinion | BY ZACH BATTAT | October 15, 2025
  • Without meaningful alternatives, politics becomes hollow—a contest of personalities and timetables rather than ideas.
When the Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, left, critique that the government, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, is too slow to implement policies they like, the result is a steady rightward drift in politics, writes Zach Battat. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
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