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People with their backs to the camera have their hands raised in a stock-photo meeting.

New housing co-ops need stronger democratic safeguards

An animated illustration of small office workers gathered around a rube goldberg machine of cogs with labels like "transparency" and

Freedom of information is not a game

Why we took down an article published under the name Daniel Robson

A man wrangles a long bundle of printed paper in front of Parliament.

AI could overwhelm the public consultation process

Microphone at a podium in front of an audience.

Municipal public meetings need more than a microphone

Two male black leaders stand at a podium while Jean Augustine appears on screen in the background.

Representation should not be an afterthought on Ottawa’s advisory councils

Mark Carney, wearing a blue suit, speaks in the House of Commons, surrounded by members of Parliament seated on the House benches.

How governments are squeezing debate in Parliament

A woman holding a microphone gestures with her hand as other citizens look on.

Provinces should fund citizens’ assemblies to rebuild local democracy

De Québec solidaire aux gouvernements de coalition

Que cache le refus de Québec solidaire ?

In defence of policy

Greater electoral access for the homeless

La démocratie pour les réalistes
Chronique

Populism and the NDP leadership contest

The ongoing saga of electoral reform in PEI

Campaigning for No in Turkey’s referendum

Quebec’s revised electoral map is a risk to democracy

The NDP and the future of social democracy in Canada

Canada’s democratic machinery is (mostly) unbroken

Le marais
Chronique

Beware of larger electoral districts

Promoting democracy at home and abroad

Two ways Canada can increase its international clout

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Populism threatens socialists, not civilization

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