Another election has come and gone so inevitably it is time for another opinion piece on why the current electoral system is unfair. With a paltry 38 per cent voter turnout, surely the people are ...

Recommendations from an all-party B.C. committee on democratic reform has reignited a longstanding conversation in the province about the possibility of proportional representation, a voting system ...

I am writing to you today on behalf of the KNOWB4UVOTE.COM SOCIETY and many concerned British Columbians regarding the upcoming Referendum on Electoral Reform. In a recent letter addressed to the ...

A referendum on changes to Canada's voting system would cost an estimated $300-million, Canada's elections watchdog said Thursday. Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand, who is stepping down at the end ...

The single member plurality system used in all Canadian federal and provincial elections has many strengths but also reveals serious weaknesses in producing legislatures that reflect the choice of ...

OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau has promised that last fall’s federal election will be the last conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system. In the past, the prime minister has expressed a ...

What do the different voting systems look like? The following explanation is adapted from What We Talk About When We Talk About Electoral Reform, by Samara Canada with Stewart Prest.

In 2021, the new Liberal government faced doubts from those who felt its legitimacy was undermined by the fact that it won 47 per cent of the seats with 33 per cent of the vote. Here are some possible ...

This fall, B.C. will choose whether to keep our current first-past-the-post electoral system, or change to a system of proportional representation. If a majority of people are in favour of ...

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 ...