Forcing Choice

Patrick Boyer is without doubt the doyen of referendum scholars in Canada. * Professor Peter Russell, University of Toronto *
In Canada no one has given quite so much thought to that now-popular democratic instrument as former MP Patrick Boyer, who has written about referendums for a half century. * Jim Coyle, Toronto Star *
Canadians involved in the working of democracy – and many beyond Canada – have reason to be grateful to Mr. Boyer. * Professor David Butler, Oxford University *
Patrick Boyer has earned a reputation as one of the most thoughtful members of the House of Commons. * Maclean's *
How Patrick Boyer finds the time and energy to be an active parliamentarian, an amateur historian, and a political theorist all at once escapes my understanding, but I am glad he does so. * Patrick Watson, CBC broadcaster and author of The Struggle for Democracy *
Mr. Boyer has been carrying on his campaign to modernize our political system at a time when most of his colleagues, their consultants, and large chunks of our academic and media communities, were still imprisoned by the orthodoxies of the old politics. * Professor Michael Bliss, University of Toronto *
Patrick Boyer is Canada’s resident expert on referendums and plebiscites. * John Godfrey, Financial Post *
A passionate defence of referenda … meticulously researched * Blacklock's Reporter *