Canadian Politics Unplugged

by Eric Nicol, Peter Whalley

Canadian politics is/are not well understood, no authority being prepared to say whether it/they is/are singular or plural. Canadian Politics Unplugged bravely breaks new ground in ignoring this question. The book concentrates on the central problem of democracy in a country that is too big to digest without getting gas.

Readers are assured that the authors have studied Canadian politics for years, from a safe distance, and enjoy the unique perspective of never having been elected to high office, low office, or any place where wearing shoes is mandatory.

Canadian Politics Unplugged is Whalley and Nicol's fifth successful collaboration.

Genres: Humor

164 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Eric Patrick Nicol was a Canadian writer, best known as a longtime humor columnist for the Vancouver, British Columbia newspaper The Province. He also published over 40 books, both original works and compilations of his humour columns, and won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour three times.

Reviews

[Daniel Kukwa · Rating 3 out of 5]

A dry, witty, occasionally cute look at Canadian politics in all its non-glory. As a Trudeau worshipper, I appreciate the author's love of the fact that Trudeau might have been the only Canadian politician with charm and personality...however, there's something sad about this book. It's obviously written pre-9/11, pre-George W. Bush, and pre-Stephen Harper. As a result, there's a nostalgic, elegiac quality to the entire effort that makes the reader rather wistful.