David McLaughlin was deputy minister to the New Brunswick Commission on Legislative Democracy, 2003-2005. On electoral reform, the fix is in. Call it the "big short" – short on principles, short on ...
Different people vote for different candidates because they have different values and priorities. There is no objectively "right" electoral system that can perfectly capture these choices. You can ...
Jeremy J. Nuttall is The Tyee's Parliament Hill reporter in Ottawa. Find his previous stories here. This coverage of Canadian national issues is made possible because of generous financial support ...
What can we expect of Maryam Monsef, as she takes up her functions as minister responsible for Democratic Institutions? There are important decisions to be taken in this area, and Monsef has entered ...
When the House convenes this afternoon, MPs will be called to debate the following motion from the NDP: That, in the opinion of the House: (a) the next federal election should be the last conducted ...
According to reformers, our current electoral system is antiquated, it is disliked by voters, it regularly delivers false majorities where a party governs with a majority of seats by nowhere near the ...
In the Ontario election on Oct. 6, Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals won far more seats than their foes. The Liberals got 53, Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives landed 37, and Andrea Horwath’s New ...
WATCH: Major electoral reforms coming 18 months after Liberals are elected, Trudeau says. A vote for the Liberals in 2015 will be a vote to reform the very system by which Canadians elect their ...
Between Oct. 29 and Nov. 7, Islanders will be asked to weigh in on electoral reform in a provincial plebiscite. This week, CBC explains each of the five systems presented on the ballot. Islanders ...