Is Canada really a democracy.

     The word democracy is derived from the Greek word demokratia, meaning "rule by the people."

Federal property worth billions of dollars is being divested via Privy Council Orders in Council. Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker thought Orders-in-Council were undemocratic because they bypass Parliament.
     A speech Prime Minister John Diefenbaker gave to the Empire Club, Royal York Hotel, October 27 1949:  "Without an Opposition, discussion would end and be supplanted by virtual dictatorship, for governments prefer to rule by orders-in-council to Parliament, and bureaucrats prefer to be uncontrolled by Parliament or the courts."