J.A.A. Lovink

J.A.A Lovink

J.A.A. Lovink is a former professor of political studies at Queen’s University and a former senior official in the federal public service. He is now a writer and management consultant.

Articles by this author

Improving the governance of airport authorities

This paper argues that Canada's approach to the commercialization of its major airports, while a great success in most respects, has important deficiencies from the standpoint of governance. It is evident that the Government, in …

In Canada, proportional representation should be a hard sell

In the July-August 2001 issue of Policy Options, a number of Canadian political scientists, politicians and others came out four-square for replacement of the present electoral system with some version of proportional representation (PR). The proposals …

Run-off elections revisited

In April 1998, Policy Options carried an article in which I argued that Canada's electoral system could be greatly improved by the addition of run-off elections, to ensure that Parliament would only consist of MPs who …