In his speech, he committed to introducing electoral reform legislation within 18 months of forming a government. It would be based on the recommendations of a special, all-party parliamentary committee mandated to fully and fairly study alternatives to the first-past-the-post system, including ranked ballots and proportional representation.
You may not think they did. But they did - then they dropped it, which was weak, I agree. I’m not sure proportional representation is all that great, but he should have followed through with a referendum.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-vows-to-end-1st-past-the-post-voting-in-platform-speech-1.3114902
I don’t think they even bothered to form the all party committee.
I participated in the town hall my Liberal MP ran - it was clear even then that they weren’t interested in public input or any kind of voting reform.
You may not think they did. But they did - then they dropped it, which was weak, I agree. I’m not sure proportional representation is all that great, but he should have followed through with a referendum.
You’re right!