Is Canada's "amateur political class" a problem?

Over at the Ottawa Citizen's politics blog, Andrew Potter correctly identifies that Canada has a less homogeneous political class than other countries and wonders if that lack of a political class, which leaves Canada's parliament full of relative amateurs, is a problem. It's a good question. First, a few facts. To begin, we'll borrow from Ned Franks again, who shows here that, on average bet... [More]