Honouring Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin, political reformers who led Canada's first democratic government, the annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture has become the national symposium for Canadians to gather as citizens and reflect on the history and future trajectory of their democracy. LaFontaine and Baldwin injected into public debate the imagination and initiative needed to make sense of their reality. The LaFontaine-Baldwin Lectures--established...