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CANADIANISM

An Evening with Christopher M. Michaud

Exploring Canadianism and Electoral Reform

Canada did not fail. It drifted.

Over time, systems that once worked began to strain. Costs rose. Trust weakened. Millions of Canadians started to feel politically homeless, unable to see themselves in the shouting matches, imported outrage, and rigid red-versus-blue framing that increasingly dominates public life.

This evening is for them.

Join Christopher M. Michaud, author, cultural commentator, entrepreneur, and founder of the United Canadian Centrists, for an intimate conversation about what it means to be Canadian in 2026, and what it will take to rebuild a country that works again for ordinary people.

Drawing from his books Canadianism: A Calm Alternative for a Fractured Country and Democracy Renewed: The Case for Electoral Reform in Canada, Christopher will explore the civic identity Canada needs to move forward together, and why electoral reform through Mixed-Member Proportional representation may be essential to restoring trust in Canadian democracy.

This is not a rally or a lecture. It’s a public conversation rooted in lived experience and real concerns, with time for discussion, questions, and thoughtful exchange.

Not louder. Not angrier. Stronger.

About the Speaker:

Christopher M. Michaud is a Canadian author, cultural commentator, entrepreneur, and founder of The Canadianist, a digital platform focused on Canadian politics, culture, and civic life.

Through his books, podcast, and public conversations, Christopher explores how calm, practical, centrist thinking can help Canada navigate rising polarization, institutional distrust, demographic change, and growing economic pressure on ordinary Canadians.

His recent works include:

• Canadianism: A Calm Alternative for a Fractured Country
• Democracy Renewed: The Case for Electoral Reform in Canada
• After the Boom: Canada and the Demographic Shift
• Driven Wealth: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the North American Auto Dream
• The New Canadiana: The Journey and Wonders of Arrival

Originally from Montreal, Christopher later spent many years in Toronto before living in Ottawa during and after the pandemic period. Those experiences shaped his understanding of Canada not only politically but also culturally and economically.

Today, he has returned to Toronto to continue building The Canadianist and the broader Canadianist conversation, grounded in the belief that Canada works best when it governs itself calmly, seriously, and with a shared sense of purpose.