Many countries have key flaws and loopholes in their laws and regulations that prevent actual democratic elections and good government by allowing dishonest, unethical, secretive, wasteful and unrepresentative actions and decision-making. In other words, the promise of democracy has been broken in many countries. As a result, more voters feel disempowered and that politicians are out of touch. These feelings are justifiable and are compounded during times of economic downturn when voters can easily conclude governments are to blame for their financial situation. Using Canada as a case study, I contend that a main cause of dissatisfaction with democracy is that countries have raised false hopes by claiming to be democracies when, in fact, many parts of their electoral, government and policy-making systems are undemocratic. These countries are, at best, very flawed democracies, and it should be no surprise that voters are more and more dissatisfied with them as more and more scandalous decisions are revealed generation after generation, again compounded by times of economic hardship and increasing inequality. When dishonest, unethical, secretive and wasteful political and government actions are effectively prohibited, more representative decisions will likely result. Enacting deep democratic reforms in any jurisdiction, I contend, will likely increase public support for democratic governance systems.