Article outlines governing style

Bravo Guardian, many thanks for publishing the op-ed piece by Richard Toms regarding the current premier’s style of governance.

Sadly Mr. MacLauchlan pursues an authoritarian, autocratic habit of rule, unfamiliar to those of you accustomed to liberal democracy — the form of governance most familiar to the people who are the sole, true source of political power.

Yet, few, if any, ought to feel surprised at this turn of events for, as Mr. Toms rightly points out, such too often formed the current premier’s record as president of UPEI. Colman O’Hare, Charlottetown