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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

Broken trust on electoral reform

BC election law on third-party advertising still confused

Les années sombres
Chronique

Indigenous seats in Parliament

Fighting populism by understanding perceptions

Electoral reform is a solution to the wrong problem

Un échec fort prévisible

Why proportional representation is doomed

Could a populist wave also sweep Canada?

The constitutionality of electoral reform

Can you hear me now? Young people and the 2015 federal election

Les jeunes et l’action politique

How do Canadians rate the state of our democracy?

Ensuring young people are heard on electoral reform

Why mixed member proportional representation deserves to be at the top

Who Canadians actually elect

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