Bettering Canadian Democracy

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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