Gardeners vs. Designers: Understanding the Great Fault Line in Canadian Politics

A stunning exposition on the benefits of liberal democracy. Gardeners vs. Designers plants the seeds for Canada's future—a vision that is convincing, powerful, and persuasive. - FRED LITWIN, author of Conservative Confidential: Inside the Fabulous Blue Tent

Brian Lee Crowley, one of Canada's most original political thinkers, has produced a stunning road map for how we can steer Canada
into a brighter political future. He claims that we can divide political
culture into two categories: designers and gardeners. Designers believe
that they have sufficient knowledge to impose their will on others,
without any unintended consequences, while gardeners are more modest and
are content to work with what already
exists, especially where whatever already exists has virtues or
beauties.

Crowley argues that we need fewer designers making top-down pronouncements, and more gardeners who are willing to work from the
bottom up, cultivating instead of engineering. We should all aspire to be gardeners: planting, growing, appreciating the results, and
building something that will thrive in the ideal political, social, and
cultural soil.