"We need to respond to the insecurities, both cultural and economic, that make people more receptive to populist muses." said Stéphane Dion, Ambassador of Canada to Germany and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister to the European Union and Europe, at the Plenary Session of the World Forum for Democracy on 8 November 2017.

He also said "We need to take a serious look at political party and electoral financing; make it more grassroots and transparent, otherwise we will not be successful in curtailing the flow of populism."