Elizabeth May: Quotes about democracy

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“Of all the deteriorating aspects of Canadian democracy, the lack of concern over the ability of the national police force to interfere in elections is the one that most suggests Third World politics.”

Source: Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009), Chapter 5, Police State?, p. 124

“The increasing prominence of a presidential-style prime minister is steadily denigrating the traditions and institutions of Canadian democracy.”

Introduction, p. 8
Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009)

“We Canadians think that Canada is a modern, well informed democracy. We look down our noses at the dumbed down content on Fox News and CNN, without noticing that we are rapidly heading in the same direction.”

Source: Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009), Chapter 4, Democracy and the Media, p. 123