I would like to pick the leadership of political parties, because it's a process nobody talks about and there's a lot of loopholes and obscure rules depending of the party. I have an interesting situation to share from Québec. It's currently happening and new things unfold every day. It started with the dismissal of the former chief of staff of the Qc Liberal Party, and now it escalated to a story about "brownies". There are allegations and leaked text messages saying that people were paid a "brownie" (a $100 bill) if they voted for Pablo Rodriguez during the leadership race. Despite the global indignation, the government found out that buying votes in a leadership race is not illegal even if it's unacceptable. The begining of the story (the rest doesn't exist in English...): https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.6983143 To analyze this, I would take a legal workframe to see how each leadership race is differently regulated from one level of government to another. Even parties have different rules.

I have two ideas that are somehow tied: 1) What should we expect from the big gathering with Xi-Putin-Un? Is it only for the public image or it will involve new actions on the short term? 2) Considering the lack of good faith from the USA with its negotiations with Canada, is it still relevant to align with them on sensible trade deals? Should we remove the 100% tariffs on Chinese electric cars to get a better trade deal with China despite its political alignment?

Your question reminds me one of the first Pol. Sci. class I had given by Lawrence Olivier. He taught us that the subject can be split in 3 different concepts that I can't really translate because of the absence of genders in English writting: - Le politique: the whole philosophical study about power and how societies organize themselves for ruling. - La politique: the process of how a state administrates itself (elections, type of government, etc.). - Les politiques: the governing actions taken by the power to regulate the state.

@Mikael Hellstrom Mr Olivier was a great teacher, I read some of his philosophy books by pure interest. He was also teaching Methodology at first trimester, so I got a very strong base to start.

@Mikael Hellstrom that's mostly why this administration tries to only accept the medias and "medias" that are complacent with them. With this era of permanent campaign, politicians are always under the cameras it's unavoidable.

@Mikael Hellstrom it's fine if they can do both, as long as it's not influencing torward bad governance. Currently, the Legault government literally has a "media risk" variable in their worksheets. It has been proved that they took many bad decisions (Qc City third link, SAAQlic) because the media risk is lower. When your government is being run by a communication team instead of publuc policy experts, it's really bad!

Hi everyone, I'm glad to join to group to dwelve deeper into political science. I have a B.A. in Communications, Politics and Society with 9 years of experience in journalism and community service. Over the years, I dedicated my career to defend the public interest and our democratic values. When, I'm not working, I like photography, leatherworking, reading and gaming. As you can see, my new shared workspace is very plain. I like it purely functional with hidden snacks in a drawer.