Here’s one interesting take on the electoral reform debacle of Justin Trudeau’s government: But Justin Trudeau had several unwitting accomplices in the crime — the federal New Democrats and Green Party and Fair Vote Canada, the advocacy group demanding electoral reform. They all inadvertently helped kill it. How? By steadfastly
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CuriosityCat: Electoral reform and Trudeau’s shameful flight: The fight continues
The next election in 2019 will be very different from the last one. The Trudeau Liberals took just over one year to walk away from their core campaign promise to not have another election using the FPTP system, and in so doing earned the distrust of hundreds of thousands of
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Electoral reform and Trudeau’s shameful flight: The fight continues
The next election in 2019 will be very different from the last one. The Trudeau Liberals took just over one year to walk away from their core campaign promise to not have another election using the FPTP system, and in so doing earned the distrust of hundreds of thousands of
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Claudia Chwalisz points out that in addition to relying on a distortionary electoral system, the Trudeau Libs’ majority was built on a bubble which now seems likely to pop. Michael Harris wagers that Canadians will remember the broken core promise when they
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: A No Win Situation From The Start
This week there has been much rhetoric about the failure of the Liberals to move forward on electoral reform, apparently this is all Trudeau’s fault and no blame can be laid at the Conservatives who did everything they could to side track the committee studying the possibilities with their cry
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: A No Win Situation From The Start
This week there has been much rhetoric about the failure of the Liberals to move forward on electoral reform, apparently this is all Trudeau’s fault and no blame can be laid at the Conservatives who did everything they could to side track the committee studying the possibilities with their cry
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Trudeau’s big lie
I am reluctant to refer to my prime minister as a liar, particularly when I generally hold him in high regard, but when the lie reaches a certain magnitude, one’s hand is forced. And this was a very big one—a whopper. The promise was unequivocal. The Liberal election platform of
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Trudeau’s big lie
I am reluctant to refer to my prime minister as a liar, particularly when I generally hold him in high regard, but when the lie reaches a certain magnitude, one’s hand is forced. And this was a very big one—a whopper. The promise was unequivocal. The Liberal election platform of
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Electoral Reform abandonment potentially hurts LPC donations, volunteers
I’m going out on a limb to presume Electoral Reform will not be in the Liberal’s 2019 Platform? It is a bitter disappointment to not only the pro-electoral reform advocates in general, but to pro-electoral reform advocates within the Liberal Party (ie such as me, and to others in the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Andrew Coyne and Rob Mason each discuss Justin Trudeau’s broken promise of a fairer electoral system. Chantal Hebert observes that the commitment itself – however frequently and fervently repeated – looks to have been little more than a cheap campaign prop. And
Continue readingPolitics Canada: Betrayal of electoral perform promise endangers us all
I can’t believe a small part of me actually believed it was possible that our wonky, undemocratic and downright dangerous electoral system would be replaced by Justin Trudeau and his band of smiling hacks. The government announced it was abandoning one of its main election promises. A promise spoke in
Continue readingAlberta Politics: This feels like it’s happened before … it’s Groundhog Day and the Liberals have just broken a promise!
PHOTOS: Can you not quite shake the feeling, like the Canadian voter at left, things keep happening over and over again? Actual Canadian voters may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and NDP Democratic Reform Critic Nathan
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Nathan Cullen calls Trudeau a liar for breaking electoral reform promise [VIDEO]
Watch the NDP’s Nathan Cullen call Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a liar for breaking his promise that the 2015 federal election would be the last election under Canada’s anti-democratic first-past-the-post voting system. The post Nathan Cullen calls Trudeau a liar for breaking electoral reform promise [VIDEO] appeared first on The
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Canada’s PM Trudeau cynical about his election promises
Journalist Campbell Clark sums up the cynicism behind Justin Trudeau’s reckless abandonment of a central election promise: He calculated it was better to drop it. That’s probably not a cost-free calculation. Left-leaning voters cared more about electoral reform, and the NDP will make it a cause; the Liberals always fare
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Canada’s PM Trudeau cynical about his election promises
Journalist Campbell Clark sums up the cynicism behind Justin Trudeau’s reckless abandonment of a central election promise: He calculated it was better to drop it. That’s probably not a cost-free calculation. Left-leaning voters cared more about electoral reform, and the NDP will make it a cause; the Liberals always fare
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On false change
The Libs have made it official that they’re breaking their promise of electoral reform with no reason other than their own blinkered refusal to acknowledge the consensus in support of a more proportional system. But particularly in light of Justin Trudeau’s past claims that all anybody really wanted was a
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Justin Trudeau Cannot Be Trusted
Perhaps hoping to hide behind the Tumultous Trump’s first weeks in power, Justin Trudeau has rashly walked away from his firm commitment to remedy Canada’s democratic deficit. He has decided that he prefers the archaic first past the post electoral system, and has ceased any attempts to bring about meaningful
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Justin Trudeau Cannot Be Trusted
Perhaps hoping to hide behind the Tumultous Trump’s first weeks in power, Justin Trudeau has rashly walked away from his firm commitment to remedy Canada’s democratic deficit. He has decided that he prefers the archaic first past the post electoral system, and has ceased any attempts to bring about meaningful
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Canadians opt for co-operative government
The results from the federal government’s MyDemocracy.ca survey are now in and one clear result has emerged. The survey, mailed out to every household in the country inviting online participation, was a follow-up to a report by the Special Committee on Electoral Reform. The committee had spent months listening to
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Canadians opt for co-operative government
The results from the federal government’s MyDemocracy.ca survey are now in and one clear result has emerged. The survey, mailed out to every household in the country inviting online participation, was a follow-up to a report by the Special Committee on Electoral Reform. The committee had spent months listening to
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