# Quote — Elizabeth May, Losing Confidence

> We Canadians think that Canada is a modern, well informed democracy. We look down our noses at the dumbed down content on Fox News and CNN, without noticing that we are rapidly heading in the same direction.

- Author: [Elizabeth May](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-may.md)
- Book: [Losing Confidence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-may/losing-confidence.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_May#Losing_Confidence_-_Power,_politics,_And_The_Crisis_In_Canadian_Democracy_(2009)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-may/losing-confidence/we-canadians-think

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> The role of the individual MP has been sidelined by the power of the Cabinet, and now by the PM alone.

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> Countries with high voting rates also have high levels of political knowledge.

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> The increasing prominence of a presidential-style prime minister is steadily denigrating the traditions and institutions of Canadian democracy.

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