Despite being a democracy, a recent report card indicates Canadians have low participation and trust in our politics.
Samara, a public interest group in
Toronto, released its first-ever report card on Canada’s democracy
earlier this week and gave Canada a C. The report was based on a
national public opinion online survey of 2,406 Canadians as well as
information from Elections Canada and the House of Commons.
The report noted that particularly young people are deterred from politics because of the political process and many Canadians are not participating in politics as much as they could.
How many of you have I lost so far? How many of you are skimming over this column because it relates to politics?
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The report noted that particularly young people are deterred from politics because of the political process and many Canadians are not participating in politics as much as they could.
How many of you have I lost so far? How many of you are skimming over this column because it relates to politics?
Read more
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