Our leaders don't want to know what we think By Ted Byfield If anything characterizes the prevailing Ottawa attitude on government, it is dread, doubt, suspicion, contempt, loathing and fear of the Canadian people. At bottom, they simply do not think we can be entrusted with any real power over government. In American politics, that the public should have the final say goes without saying. In Canada, every expedient is invoked to prevent this from happening. "We do not want to be ruled by the mob," said one editorialist, arguing against a referendum on gay marriage. And who is "the...