The Institutional Memory Canada Cannot Afford to Lose
Canada's constitutional order depends on more than legal form. It depends on institutional memory: the practical inheritance of precedent, limits, and hard-learned judgment.
Essays
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Long-form essays on Canada, its institutions, and its consciousness.
From the Editors
On the Necessity of a Serious Canadian Journal
This publication is designed for sustained argument rather than rapid commentary. We publish essays that can be read slowly, contested honestly, and returned to over time.
Federalism as an Education in Limits
Federalism is not only a constitutional architecture. It is a civic pedagogy that trains governments and citizens to act responsibly under conditions of plural legitimacy.
On Public Service Formation and Constitutional Craft
Administrative capacity without institutional memory degrades into procedural output. Craft requires continuity, mentorship, and archival discipline.
The Political Economy of Attention and Amnesia
Attention markets reward novelty and speed. Constitutional orders require memory, sequencing, and durable accountability across institutions.
Judicial Continuity and Public Trust
Doctrinal development must remain publicly legible as principled reasoning rather than elite improvisation responsive to temporary pressure.
Civic Education and the Time Horizon of Citizenship
Students need more than present-tense political narratives. They need institutional sequence: failure, repair, convention, and constitutional proportion.