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Democratic Renewal
Issue 2, March 2004
Issues | News | Policy
Brief | Links | Feedback
Suppose Canadians Took Democracy as Seriously as
the Rest of the World Does?
David McLaughlin, Deputy Minister of the New Brunswick Commission on Legislative
Democracy remarked recently that democracy might be like medicare – the
next big issue that helps define Canada and Canadians.
Some Canadians will find that idea laughable, especially those who have a
poor opinion of our democracy. But in many parts of the world the idea would
be taken quite seriously. Those are the places where people fight and die for
good government. They view Canadians as being among the blessed of the world
in part because we are healthy but equally because we are free.
Suppose Canadians took democracy as seriously as those people do? Suppose
we thought that good citizenship was as important as good health?
Maybe democracy should be the next big issue.
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