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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

Christine Fréchette is standing while shaping a heart with her hands in a press conference.

The CAQ kept its promises. So why did it lose popular support?

Cameramen and a reporter with a mic line the steps.

Harassment is becoming a threat to Canadian democracy — starting locally

A United Conservative Party of Alberta sign at a podium is shown in front of the Alberta flag.

Grievances in Alberta: how deep, how broad?

Typewriter with the words “Letter to the Editor” typed on a sheet of paper.

Academics should engage the public without replacing journalism

The future of the Senate: The NDP View

Crime and populism

The blue sweep of Toronto

After the tsunami – reconstructing the political architecture

A Canadian approach to power-sharing

A series of animated vignettes of everyday life.

First past the post wins again

  • by IRPP Admin 
A series of animated vignettes of everyday life.

When green went gold: Dion and the greening of the Grits

  • by IRPP Admin 
A series of animated vignettes of everyday life.

Opting out of electoral reform – why PEI chose the status quo

  • by IRPP Admin 
A series of animated vignettes of everyday life.

Lessons from the British election: less is not more; big ideas needed

  • by IRPP Admin 
A series of animated vignettes of everyday life.

Proportional representation is likely to create more problems than it would solve; the single transferable vote offers a better choice

  • by IRPP Admin 
A series of animated vignettes of everyday life.

A fix for a generation?

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A series of animated vignettes of everyday life.

Saskatchewan in the Calvert era: between continuity and change

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A uniformed police officer kneels on a protester.

The recriminalization of dissent

A series of animated vignettes of everyday life.

20 years of prime ministers in Policy Options

  • by IRPP Admin mike 

Canada as a one-party state

Chart 1 titled "Reforming a representational building block," presenting a structured assessment of prospects for adopting a non-plurality electoral system in Canada.

Is talk of electoral reform just whistling in the wind?

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