ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION’S KEY MESSAGES (See Annex A)
Discussions at 15 round tables with more than 160
people across Canada from all walks of life emphasized four things:
First, focus on informed participation and strengthening consent using concrete
examples: empower communities; do things that reinforce trust and try to avoid things that
diminish it; and model inclusiveness.
Second, focus on learning (including from failures
and from long term outcomes; and improving civic literacy).
Third, walk the talk: put
morality (including integrity) back at the center of politics and government (including politicians and bureaucrats);
and do, and then announce afterwards.
And finally, start where you are: work through the
role of elected officials in this new world (e.g. see how they can be mirrors of Canadian
values and can help the understanding of decision makers and of citizens), and get these
ideas ‘out the door’ and onto Cabinet (all levels) and corporate tables across
the country.
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