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...
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The referendum pitch gives the PM what he needs most: an excuse to drop the whole thing A referendum if necessary, but not necessarily a referendum. That seems to sum up the NDP’s latest position on electoral reform, advanced this week by the party’s reform critic, Nathan Cullen. While the party previously was lukewarm,...
READ MORE He could win it. At the very least, he could paint the Conservatives into a corner. The people have spoken — and they’ve said they want to speak some more. According to the latest Forum Research poll, 65 per cent of Canadians want the federal government to hold a referendum on whatever preferred voting...
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Broadbent Institute’s lively and highly-anticipated debate, moderated by Evan Solomon, took place on April 2, 2016, as part of The Progress Summit 2016. On the Yes Side: Andrew Coyne, Columnist, Postmedia News Alex Himelfarb, former Clerk of the Privy Council On the No Side: Michelle Rempel, Official Opposition Critic, Immigration, and MP, Calgary Nose...
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