Peter L. Biro is the founder of democracy and civics think-tank, Section 1.  He is a Senior Fellow of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, the Aristotle Foundation and Massey College, Professional Associate at the UBC Research Group on Constitutional Law and Legal Studies, Chair Emeritus of the Jane Goodall Institute, and Adjunct Professor in the Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law, University of Toronto where he teaches constitutional law. Peter has published extensively on matters of law and politics.  His latest book is Imperfect Ideal: Essays on Liberal Democracy in the Real World (forthcoming from Dundurn Press).