Letters to the editor: ‘It was a difficult but ultimately pretty good year for democracy.’ In Canada and around the world, how did we do? Plus other letters to the editor for Jan. 7

‘It was a difficult but ultimately pretty good year for democracy.’ In Canada and around the world, how did we do? Plus other letters to the editor for Jan. 7

: It was a difficult but ultimately pretty good year for democracy in 2022.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave the ouster to Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. Emmanuel Macron beat Marine Le Pen in France. Protesters in autocratic countries consistently demand freedom and democracy. They see the obvious: Democracy delivers, even if it is a bit messy along the way.The practice of democracy is based on a universal franchise where there is but one class of citizenship. No one has priority over anyone else.

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