The Call is Ours - Citizen Engagement Podcast (30)

It's amazing that politics has so few referees.  In times past it worked because there was a certain sense of nobility, respect, and cooperation among politicians and citizens.  No more.  As citizens bemoan the divisive partisanship of the political order, they themselves have become harder to bring together for the sake of our country.  Like it or not, democracy is predicated on the idea that we can govern ourselves - politicians and citizens.  Should we be unable or unwilling to accomplish that, then democracy itself cannot survive.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-%20The%20Call%20is%20Ours%20(8).mp3]