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Community Engagement Podcast (8) – The Perils of Political Distance
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Kandungan disediakan oleh Glen Pearson. Semua kandungan podcast termasuk episod, grafik dan perihalan podcast dimuat naik dan disediakan terus oleh Glen Pearson atau rakan kongsi platform podcast mereka. Jika anda percaya seseorang menggunakan karya berhak cipta anda tanpa kebenaran anda, anda boleh mengikuti proses yang digariskan di sini https://ms.player.fm/legal.
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The longer someone stays in politics, the more remote they become from their home constituencies. The throb of political life these days occurs at the centres of power, not in our scattered communities. The farther away power gets from those places where we live, the more irrelevant it becomes – a natural consequence. Colonial America had to deal with a British government that was centred across an ocean. In Canada, it feels like a similar chasm exists between Ottawa, even our provincial capitals, and our home communities. It’s time we fought for some recognition.
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