A chance to rebuild democracy — one brick at a time
Legislatures around the world are getting facelifts, giving parliamentarians an opportunity to shore up democracy, too. Will they take it?
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Canada correspondent, The Economist
Madelaine Drohan is the Canada correspondent for The Economist and contributes regularly to its sister company, the Economist Intelligence Unit. She is also a senior fellow at the Graduate School for Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. For the last 40 years, she has covered business and politics in Canada, Europe, Africa, and Asia. She has written in the past for The Financial Times (UK), appeared as a commentator on BBC Radio (UK), ABC Radio (Australia), and CBC Radio, and worked in Canada for The Globe and Mail, The Financial Post, Maclean’s, and The Canadian Press.
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