Recall and Referendum Are Not Conservative Ideas

But Big-C Conservatives will try and tell you it is

Direct Democracy is a Tool of Majoritarianism

Premier Jason Kenney told Albertans on February 3rd that referendum legislation was coming: “We will introduce a law this spring to give citizens the ability to force a referendum on issues important to them.”

Lots of conservatives will argue in favour of the measure. But, let’s be clear: there is no philosoph…