Canada’s Democracy in Jeopardy Due to Weakened Parliament: Report

Canada’s Democracy in Jeopardy Due to Weakened Parliament: Report
The Canadian Parliament in Ottawa in a file photo. Saffron Blaze via Mackenzie.co
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Canada’s democracy is in jeopardy due to a lack of parliamentary oversight, and regular sittings must immediately resume, says a new report from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has come at considerable human, economic, and societal cost to Canada. Yet an unexpected victim of the crisis has been Canada’s parliamentary democracy,” says the Ottawa-based think tank’s June 15 press release on the report.