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Ideas · 2025-08-25 · 55 min · 10,002 words

Attacking our biggest fear — political polarization

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Welcome to Ideas and to our series Ideas for a Better Canada coming to you this evening from Edmonton, Alberta. I'm very concerned with the state of democracy right now. I would have to say that I I have a lot of concern and I'm afraid, I guess, of the polarization. How do we as a country revitalize our democracy? How should we navigate the tension over competing versions of who we are and who we want to be?

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