Consider the following claim: "Canada will become a more democratic
             country in the next 25 years". One might take exception to this claim,
             countering that Canada is not only a democratic country in 2004, but is a
             country whose democratic character is envied in most parts of the world.
             Conversely, within Canada, one does not need to dig too deeply in society
             to find people who are dissatisfied with the state of Canadian democracy.
             This dissatisfaction is not limited to embittered followers of the far
             right political parties who almost continually are unable to persuade a
             majority of Canadians to support their policies. Nor is this
             dissatisfaction limited to Quebec and French speaking communities in other
             provinces who their culture and values to be under threat from the
             onslaught of Anglo Canadian culture. In fact, pockets of serious political
             dissatisfaction exist across the country. Unfortunately (in the context of
             being able to pursue their objectives effectively, the only issues on which
             consensus typically develops among these pockets of dissatisfaction is on
             (a) opposition to a Conservative national government and (b) opposition to
             The fact that political dissatisfaction in Canada tends to be
             balkanized, however, does not imply that the situation is either
             unimportant or that political reform should not be implemented to redress
             the problem. Neither does the balkanized political dissatisfaction in the
             country indicate that such reform of the country's political is either
             In fact, the thesis of this essay is embodied in the claim stated at
             the beginning of this discussion, with which there is full agreement.
             "Canada will become a more democratic country in the next 25 years".
             If Canada is going to become a more democratic country over the coming
             25 years, the people of Canada must be motivated to seek such change.
             Additionally, there must be some...