Coyne: Something wrong with Canadian democracy

Andrew Coyne: …C-15’s assault on Parliament is not limited to its size and breadth. Buried deep in the bill is a provision (section 208 of Division 5 of Part 5, amending sections 11 and 12 of the Red Tape Reduction Act) allowing any minister to exempt any “entity” from any provision of any law for which the minister is responsible, for a period of up to three years (renewable to six). The only exception is the Criminal Code, for which I suppose we should be thankful…