POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: White Paper, Fiduciary, Reasonable Accommodation
17 Dec 2016
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Canada"s self-image as a (cid:498)mosaic(cid:499) can undermine efforts to advance multicultural. Some of canada"s traditionally marginalized groups have overcome barriers to political. Aboriginal canadians are not much better (cid:498)represented(cid:499) in canadian politics today than they were decades ago. Critics suggest that canada suffers from a democratic deficit, its political institutions fail to live up to the democratic standards and expectations of its citizens. Statistics support the contention that women/visible minorities/aboriginal people are underrepresented in canadian legislatures based on their respective proportions of the population. Socioeconomic/psychological barriers are real/most difficult challenges to address because they are deeply embedded in canadian society. Eliminating these challenges would involve ending discrimination/poverty, which affects marginalized communities disproportionately. Some forms of proportional representation provide incentives for political parties to nominate candidates from a variety of socio-demographic backgrounds. Candidate quotas: hard/fast requirements established by some political parties to improve the proportion of candidates from traditionally underrepresented groups.
