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In Canada, Europe, citizens’ assemblies point towards more inclusive approach to governance

Opinion
BY PETER MACLEOD
December 11, 2019

Opinion | BY PETER MACLEOD | December 11, 2019

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Jan. 5, 2022, at a press conference on the Hill. Deep democratic renewal will require a much more sweeping agenda that starts by reimagining how power is shared throughout society—not only in our parliaments. Regrettably, the commitments Canada announced at the summit fall far short of what Yale scholar Hélène Landemore proposes or what many others recommend, write Peter MacLeod and Richard Johnson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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