About Emmett Macfarlane
Welcome to Defending Canadian Democracy, a newsletter published by Emmett Macfarlane
Defending Canadian Democracy is a Substack focused on providing informed analysis of events in Canadian politics and constitutional law in Canada.
In an era of misinformation and democratic decline, too many news media organizations and other subscription-based journalistic efforts are heavily focused on pushing opinion by non-expert commentators. This Newsletter is focused on providing informed analysis of important political and legal developments in Canada designed to help readers understand those events, how our governance operates, and to critically engage with recent developments to advance a deeper civic knowledge among Canadians.
My goal with this recently-rebranded Newsletter is to provide expert analysis on Canadian politics. No more than 25% of posts will be argumentative, opinion-based pieces, and those that are will be labelled as such. In addition to writing about major political developments, I will continue to write pieces relating to constitutional law and major court decisions.