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Democracy at risk: what you can do to help: Hepburn
Canada at a tipping point with democratic reform is becoming major campaign issue.

How can Stephen Harper and other political leaders be prevented from running roughshod over our democracy?
 

That’s the question many Canadians who see our democracy as being at risk are asking as political parties gear up for the federal election in October.
 

To some, the task may seem impossible given the apparent apathy and disengagement of so many citizens in the wake of attacks on Canadian democratic traditions and institutions in recent decades.

These assaults have escalated under Harper, who has displayed unprecedented disrespect for democracy since becoming prime minister in 2006.
 

Over that time, Harper and the Conservatives have suppressed public information, shut down Parliament twice for purely partisan political reasons, broke election spending rules and introduced a “fair elections act” that was anything but fair. The list goes on.
 

But Harper may have gone too far.
 

That’s because his efforts to degrade our democracy are sparking a backlash among a growing number of Canadians.
 

Indeed, Canada may be at a tipping point, with calls for democratic reform having a major impact on a federal election for the first time in decades.

READ MORE: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/01/14/democracy-at-risk-what-you-can-do-to-help-hepburn.html