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Citizen Assemblies: Wise Democracy from the Minipublic

Posted on September 07, 2008

By Worldchanging Canada writer Jason Diceman.Politicians should take note; there is a new answer to some of the toughest questions of our times. When presented with an issue with no obvious popular and sensible solution, or a situation where a legislature is unable to make progress on an important topic, 100 random citizens can be called on to solve the political puzzle, as they did in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Ontario (my home province).Following the 2001 election, the newly elected premier of BC followed through on a promise to create a citizens' assembly to consider ch...

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