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January 24, 2006

Is a citizens assembly the cure for Canada's long-term drop in voter turnout?

Summary: Gordon Gibson, the primary architect behind British Columbia’s citizens assembly, argues that Canada’s long-term drop in voter turnout is good cause for democratic reform, and then concludes that the citizens assembly model pioneered in British Columbia may be the way to go.

Publication: Globe and Mail
Title: Can we get the young voting again? NO: Not unless we start the process of democratic reform by changing the very mechanism of voting
Date: January 24, 2006
By: GORDON GIBSON

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January 24, 2006 in Location: Canada, national government |

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