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Canada’s young people are less likely than older folks to vote and more likely to engage in political discussion and action, Statistics Canada says, while almost one in five people aged 15 to 30 provides long-term care to a family member or friends.

The assassination of Japan's longest-serving prime minister during a campaign speech is "horrifically disturbing" and demands pushback against rising violence and threats that are harming democracy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

At a time when the public’s engagement with our democratic process is at a dangerously low ebb, mandatory voting can help restore faith in our political institutions and system, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Now, the question is whether his bet on the social media company will pay off for him — and what it will mean for the rest of us, writes columnist Max Fawcett. 

Helping Canadians protect themselves from misinformation will require stricter transparency rules for political advertisers on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, experts say. 

The secretary-general of the United Nations opened the most recent annual meeting of Earth’s leaders with a bleak assessment of the planet’s state of affairs. Humanity, he said, faced “a moment of truth.”

The collapse of U.S. democracy would carry especially damaging climate consequences, writes Mark Hertsgaard, co-founder and executive director of Covering Climate Now.

The United States — once a shining example of democracy's virtues, now a glaring case study into its hair-trigger fault lines — hosts like-minded countries from around the world on Thursday, December 9, 2021, to explore ways of defending the western way of life.

The Prime Minister made the remarks in a speech to Dutch parliamentarians in The Hague Friday, Oct. 29.

Coming out of a federal election, those of us in media must be measured and judicious in editorial decisions about how to direct our limited resources to fairly report on matters of concern to all Canadians, writes columnist Sandy Garossino.

With numerous polls now showing the Conservatives and Liberals in a statistical tie, an election campaign that was supposed to be smooth sailing for the governing party has now gotten deadly serious, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The federal government is moving forward on efforts to help citizens of Hong Kong remain in Canada rather than return home amid China's clampdown on democracy.

Democracies are fragile and can fail when power-hungry leaders practise dog-whistle politics, writes Andrea Reimer.

Julian Brave NoiseCat watched as America's already frayed democracy was further shredded this week. Doubts and fears remain.

While it's great to see Donald Trump go, don't expect too much change when president-elect Joe Biden takes the reins, writes Andrea Reimer.