TY - BOOK ID - 77909177 TI - The people's mandate PY - 1992 SN - 9786611962098 155488344X 1281962090 1282808915 9786612808913 1770700676 9781554883448 1550021478 9781550021479 PB - Toronto [Ont.] Dundurn Press DB - UniCat KW - Referendum KW - Ballot initiatives KW - Ballot measures KW - Initiative and referendum KW - Initiatives, Ballot KW - Propositions (Referendum) KW - Referenda KW - Referendums KW - Democracy KW - Elections KW - Representative government and representation KW - Direct democracy KW - Plebiscite UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77909177 AB - A mood of anger with the political system has been stirring across Canada; yet rather than turning away from the system, many Canadians are actually seeking a greater say in matters that affect them. they want to become more effective participants in the political process. In this timely book, Patrick Boyer examines the important role that direct democracy -- through the occasional use of referendums, plebscites, and inniatives -- can play in concert with our existing institutions of representative democracy. This concept is not alien to our country, says Boyer, pointing to th ER -