Alexandra Dobrowolsky

Dr. Alexandra Dobrowolsky is a political science professor at Saint Mary’s University specializing in Canadian, comparative, and women, gender and politics. Prof. Dobrowolsky has published six books. Her most recent collection is entitled: Turbulent Times and Transformational Opportunities: Gender and Politics Today, and Tomorrow (co-edited with Fiona MacDonald) published by University of Toronto Press, 2020.

The closing-off of democracy?

HALIFAX—As readers of The Hill Times will know, “Parliament” derives from the French, parler, to speak, and Canada’s Parliament and legislatures, rooted in the

MPs, pictured on May 13, 2020, in the House for a meeting of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic. Various democratic deficits point to dramatic and disturbing departures from even the most rudimentary of parliamentary requisites, coming at the worst of times, when democratic deliberations, oversight, and accountability are more crucial than ever, writes Alexandra Dobrowolsky. *The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade*

The closing-off of democracy?

Opinion | BY ALEXANDRA DOBROWOLSKY | July 1, 2020

HALIFAX—As readers of The Hill Times will know, “Parliament” derives from the French, parler, to speak, and Canada’s Parliament and legislatures, rooted in the

The closing-off of democracy?

Opinion | BY ALEXANDRA DOBROWOLSKY | July 1, 2020

HALIFAX—As readers of The Hill Times will know, “Parliament” derives from the French, parler, to speak, and Canada’s Parliament and legislatures, rooted in the

Alexandra Dobrowolsky

The closing-off of democracy?

The closing-off of democracy?

The closing-off of democracy?

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