How to Save Democracy
The system is ailing and the disease is cynicism. Perhaps the time has come for a radical new treatment
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Our latest stories on Canadian politics, elections, parties, and policy, from the municipal to the federal level, plus the politics of the world around us and how they affect our democratic systems.
Iran’s Great Game
In 1980, Saddam Hussein invaded Iran because he believed Iranian fundamentalists were plotting against him. Today, with increasing chaos on the ground, is Iraq still threatened by Iranian subversion?
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Election Watch: Buddies in Bad Times
“Those are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others.”
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Non-Profit Mercenaries
london—I knew right away he was the man I had arranged to meet. It was the way he stood – ramrod straight – making his open-necked polo shirt and khaki …
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Slippery Slopes
It was a tough winter for farmers in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. Heavy snowfall combined with frigid temperatures forced many to move their cattle inside. Then, unexpectedly, a deep and sudden …
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Being Yasir Arafat
Speculating on Arafat’s bloated condition
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Manufacturing Content
Making money or making meaning with the freedom of speech
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Georgia on My Mind
Political upheaval and Georgian tradition in Tbilisi
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