Doug Ford, chaos candidate - 2018-03-12

Doug Ford, chaos candidate March 12, 2018, Jen Gerson, Macleans

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A fun philosophical nugget to consider when pondering the universe and everything in it is this: Anything that does not violate the laws of nature is possible.

This maxim applies to politics, too. The laws of political "nature" in a stable, prosperous, Westminster-based democracy are not so radical. But, right now, we are testing what can happen within our comparatively well-ordered little universe.

All politics now bends toward chaos. Rather than select the most predictable and reliable leader, voters have instead opted for results that would have existed within the extreme bounds of possibility only a few years ago.

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