The Liberals can’t get the option they want. Expect them to pull the plug. Electoral reform, we hardly knew ye. As the fall session of Parliament slouches toward Christmas break, it appears that one of the Liberals’ more ambitious campaign promises — that the 2015 election would be the last held under the first-past-the-post...
READ MOREThe Liberals’ electoral reform plan biases the party, at the expense of democracy
“We deserve broad, representative politics, a stable government and an opportunity to shape our democracy,” said Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef this week, when she announced the government’s all-party committee on electoral reform. The committee is charged with finding an alternative to the first-past-the-post electoral system, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to scrap...
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