Self-control in politics is a boring virtue -- and an absolutely necessary one

Self-control in politics is a boring virtue — and an absolutely necessary one

When politicians insist on doing what they can rather than what they should, chaos sometimes follows

Aaron Wherry · CBC News · Posted: Jun 23, 2023 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 hours ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ian-shugart-senate-restraint-analysis-wherry-1.6885482

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Ian Shugart, a former clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the cabinet, was appointed to the Senate last fall after a career of nearly 40 years in government, including 30 years in the public service.

On Tuesday afternoon, having battled health challenges over the past several months, he belatedly rose in the upper chamber to deliver his maiden speech as a senator.

As his topic, he chose restraint.

"Last week in this place, many honourable senators spoke about the risks to democracy in our country. Today, I would like to add what I hope might be a useful contribution to those observations," Shugart said. "I am going to speak about the idea of restraint — an idea, a discipline, that has proven essential in our constitutional and institutional development."

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