One weird and ignorant trick to restore democracy

My column this week on Loonie Politics is a bit of an object lesson for amateur pundits who believe that they have the answers to a "quick fix" for our democratic woes in this country. As I demonstrate, using one recent example, these kinds of ideas are generally flawed from the outset, ignorant of history, the reality of our system, and in taking the wrong lessons from tales of democratic woe, and as such, should be taken as seriously as spammy Internet advertising.