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CITY OF TORONTO vs ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO Democracy — 2021 SCMR 2019 SUPREME-COURT-OF-CANADA

Case information

Citation
2021 SCMR 2019 SUPREME-COURT-OF-CANADA
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2021
Reporter
SCMR
Parties
CITY OF TORONTO vs ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO Democracy

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Judgment text as reported

CITY OF TORONTO VS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO Democracy---Significance of free and fair electoral process---Elections were to democracy what breathing was to life, and fair elections were what breathed life into healthy democracies; they gave the public a voice into the laws and policies they were governed by, and a chance to choose who would make those laws and policies---Elections was a process of reciprocal political discourse---Rules of an election, including the electoral boundaries and the timelines for campaigns, structure the process of reciprocal dialogue between candidates and voters in their electoral districts---Final act of voting, itself a form of political expression, was the culmination of the process of deliberative engagement throughout an election period---Stability of the electoral process was therefore crucial not only to political legitimacy, but also to the rights of candidates and voters to meaningfully engage in the political discourse necessary for voters to cast an informed vote, and for those elected to govern in response to the expressed views of the electorate.

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