A compromise on democracy? Plus other letters, Nov. 24: ‘Pierre Poilievre is starting to show his true colours’

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Open this photo in gallery: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a press conference at the Shaarei Shomayim Congregation in Toronto on Nov. 23.Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press Outside forces Re “We are not at war on several fronts, but one” (Nov. 21): While China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are a threat to democracy here and elsewhere, they, at least, are visible and acknowledged by the thinking public and its leaders. I believe there is another threat, much more dangerous, that is becoming more widespread: economic inequity and insecurity. Democracies can flourish only if the social contract with the populace...