Democracy

Rights and Democracy (letter, July 5)

, --July 12, 2010

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It's surprising how many Canadians and Americans continue to believe they live in Democracies. Canada and the U.S. are not, nor do they claim to be, Democracies, and the schools are remiss in not emphasizing this.
The Dominion of Canada is a Constitutional Monarchy, and the United States of America is a Republic. The closest any country comes to being a Democracy is Switzerland. William Bedford Toronto, Ontario

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