Democracy has never been a mainstream option anywhere in the world. John Ralston Saul, Canadian writer,political philosopher, and Companion of the Order Of Canada will assert that democracy requires enormous effort at every level. Every time technology or economics produce social changes, a democracy is endangered. Today it is collapsing to our south and the autocracy beyond the North Pole is becoming increasingly unpredictable. Canada has always been a special case. How do we handle this?