Participation in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 53
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The Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow Commission), set up by the Government of Canada in 2001, used the citizens dialogue methodology. Deliberative forums brought together statistically representative groups of "unaffiliated citizens", with instructions to "speak for themselves, not as representatives of special interests". The initiative was acclaimed as an exercise in extensive public consultation; however, it has been criticized for having inadequately addressed aboriginal health care. Although some participants were aboriginal, the structure of the process made no deliberate effort to overcome dynamics of marginalization and encourage their participation.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation