Assessing the State of Canadian Democracy
Contributors
Academics
Dr. Harold Clarke - Ashbel Smith Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
Dr. Barry F. Cooper - Professor, University of Calgary
Dr. Avigail Eisenberg- Professor, University of Victoria
Dr. Joanna Everitt - Professor, University of New Brunswick
Dr. Matteo Gianni - Associate Professor, University of Geneva
Dr. Lawrence LeDuc - Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
Dr. Patti Tamara Lenard - Associate Professor of Applied Ethics, University of Ottawa
Dr. Brenda O’Neil - Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Dr. Jon Pammett - Professor, Carleton University
Dr. Guy Peters - Maurice Falk Professor of Government, University of Pittsburgh
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Independent Officers, Justices, Senior Officials and Procedural Officers
Dr. Keith Archer - Former Chief Electoral Officer of British Columbia
Mel Cappe - Former Clerk of the Privy Council, Professor, School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto
Mary Dawson - Former Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada
Michael Ferguson - Former Auditor General of Canada
Graham Fraser - Canada’s Former Commissioner of Official Languages
Honourable Justice John H. Gomery - Former Superior Court of Quebec Judge and Public Inquiry Commissioner
Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin - Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Kevin Page - Former Parliamentary Budget Officer of Canada
Charles Robert - Clerk of the House of Commons and former Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments
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Political Leaders and Representatives
Honourable Don Boudria - Former Cabinet Minister and Government House Leader
​Honourable Stockwell Day - Former President of the Treasury Board
Honourable Jean-Marc Fournier - Former Government House Leader
Honourable Bob Rae – Former Premier of Ontario
Honourable Senator Joan Fraser - Former Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament
Honourable Peter Van Loan - Former Member of Parliament, York-Simcoe and Former Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Pundits, Opinion Leaders and the Media
Ian Capstick - Political Commentator and Managing Partner of MediaStyle
Dr. David Coletto - Founding Partner and CEO of Abacus Data
Rachel Curran - Former Director of Policy to Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Carole MacNeil - Journalist and Former Host of CBC News Network Tonight
Nakuset - Executive Director of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal
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This project was supported in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).