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Upgrading our democracy’s operating system (Part 1)

A sobering diagnosis of our democratic deficit

by MESLIN D
Upgrading our democracy’s operating system (Part 1)
Published in October 2021 - Page 37

How would you feel if you invited eight close friends to a birthday dinner, and only two bothered to show up? That’s what happened during Ontario’s 2018 municipal elections when 75 percent of the residents in Oshawa, Vaughan, and Whitby skipped out.

And how would you feel about an organization if you noticed that the entire board of directors was comprised of men – in 2021? Welcome to Pickering.

And what would you think about

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