Canada–UK Council Colloquium Report. Dilemmas of Democracy: Challenges to the International Order

The UCL Institute of the Americas is delighted to host a discussion of the Canada–UK  Council Report, Dilemmas of Democracy, reflecting the outcome of the 2017 Colloquium held at Runnymede. The Report was first launched at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in June 2018. That event sparked a lively debate  on such questions as the place of referenda in representative democracies, Brexit, the role of social media, and protection of citizens’ rights. 
The Canada-UK Council (CUKC) holds annual colloquia, alternately in the UK and Canada, with the blessing of the two governments which established the series in the early 1970s.  Every year it brings together a number of Canadian and British parliamentarians, officials, academics, journalists, business leaders and young scholars to discuss the public policy implications of a chosen topic. The object is to encourage knowledge-sharing and collaboration between Canada and the UK and to make recommendations to government.