Madagascar: Time to Support Democracy

Published April 22, 2009

The latest political crisis to descend upon Madagascar—an island about the size of Saskatchewan located off the coast of South Africa—is troubling both for what it augurs for the people of Madagascar and for what it unmasks about the Harper government's inconsistent commitment to democracy.

Last month, the duly elected president of Madagascar was overthrown in a coup led by the mayor of Madagascar's capital city. With...