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Service Clubs Boost Democratic Skills, Values

Service Clubs Boost Democratic Skills, Values
Members of the Shriners entertain the crowd as they participate in the annual Canada Day parade in Montreal. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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With all the concern about election propriety or impropriety in the United States, it’s timely to remember that democracy doesn’t just happen. It takes skills and practices rooted in tradition—which comes from where? Civil society, those clubs and groups like churches and choirs that enhance our way of life.

Brad Bird
Brad Bird
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Brad Bird began his career by freelancing in the 1970s. He worked for the Winnipeg Free Press in the 1980s and various smaller papers since, as well as abroad in conflict zones and for a Conservative MP in the Harper government. Also an author, he divides his time between Manitoba and B.C.
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