Democracy in Reverse - Community Engagement Podcast (27)

How is it that Canada - so well-respected for its peaceable efforts around the world - is now failing to bring peace to its own political order?  And why is it that citizens, recognizing the tone-deaf actions of the political elites, choose to opt out instead of getting engaged and bringing on a quiet revolution in political affairs?  I have been part of peace negotiations in three different continents around the world (not including North America), and I have learned through real experience that respect and a desire for principled compromise has been the only way that peace was achieved and maintained.  In Canada, we are heading in the opposite direction.Just click on the audio button below to listen to the five-minute podcast.[audio http://blackfire.ca//twilt.ca//twilt/Pearson/community%20engagement/Section%203%20-%20Democracy%20in%20Reverse%20(5).mp3]