Canadian democracy has declined under PM Harper, say Bourrie, Harris

Authors Mark Bourrie and Michael Harris said democracy has suffered under the Conservative government at a Broadbent Institute Progress Summit panel discussion headlined 'The Great Unravelling: Why it Matters How Canada has become Less Democratic.'

Democracy has suffered under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government, say two prominent political authors who compared the effect of the Conservative regime over the past nine years to a “fibrous tumour.”

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