{"id":270394,"date":"2022-06-22T21:01:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T01:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/issues\/democracy-under-threat-polarization-and-public-policy-in-canada\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T23:57:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:57:43","slug":"democracy-under-threat-polarization-and-public-policy-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"issues","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/2022\/06\/democracy-under-threat-polarization-and-public-policy-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy under threat? 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