Baloney Meter: did the feds promise electoral reform only with broad support?
OTTAWA — “We’ve been very clear from the very beginning, Mr. Speaker, that we will not move forward on reform without the broad support of Canadians.” — Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef, Nov. 28, 2016.
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During last year’s federal campaign, Justin Trudeau promised that if elected, the Liberals would ensure the 2015 vote was the last in Canada under the so-called “first-past-the-post” electoral system.
The party’s platform promised an all-party parliamentary committee that would review a variety of reforms, such as ranked ballots, proportional representation, mandatory voting and online voting.