Just remember that you get the whole package. You can't cherry-pick the parts that you like, as few as they might be.
To continue:
Canadians embraced Trudeau’s positive vision and took hope from early signals. His openness...is a clear improvement over his predecessor. The un-muzzling of government scientists and the restoration of the long-form census, too, were steps in the right direction.
That's true. It goes on:
But in other important ways, the prime minister is falling short. His delays on access-to-information reforms, his stubborn reliance on cash-for-access fundraisers, his bogus promise of “open” nominations, his electoral-reform charade—all of these weaken democracy. The potential proposals for procedural reform would, on balance, do the same.
It means that they would “weaken democracy”.
Chair, you'll be pleased to know that we're at the last paragraph of this editorial.