electoral reform

At least 91 candidates will be on the ballot for the Sept. 16 byelection in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, according to Elections Canada. Seventy-nine of them are linked to the Longest Ballot Committee, a group protesting Canada’s first-past-the-post voting system.

Pierre Poilievre's politicizing of human rights issues to dangle them like red meat before the party’s base before an election signifies a new low in Canadian politics. 

Parliament just voted against a motion that would have struck a citizens' assembly on electoral reform. Here's why replacing our first-past-the-post system is still a good idea, and why the Trudeau Liberals should just get on with it already.

Nate Erskine-Smith has been a federal MP since 2015. Now, he wants to lead the Ontario Liberal Party back to relevance. Can he do it?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn't expect his government to move on electoral reform, despite his party membership calling for a national council to examine the issue.

There will be a resolution calling for a citizens’ assembly on electoral reform at the upcoming Liberal national convention running May 4 to 6 in Ottawa. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may not have started the day thinking about whether mermaids reproduce like fish or like humans, but that's what one person is asking him to consider.

With the rise of Pierre Poilievre and ongoing spread of Trumpist politics in Canada, Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh ought to revisit proportional representation, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

At a time when the public’s engagement with our democratic process is at a dangerously low ebb, mandatory voting can help restore faith in our political institutions and system, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

If New Democrats and Liberals want to avoid splitting the progressive vote and handing Ford another four years in office, they need to do something now, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Two of the NDP’s youngest candidates are learning the ropes in Toronto ridings where incumbent politicians seem secure, allowing them to explore the mechanics of electioneering and party politics in their first campaigns.

With numerous polls now showing the Conservatives and Liberals in a statistical tie, an election campaign that was supposed to be smooth sailing for the governing party has now gotten deadly serious, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Jagmeet Singh’s NDP is particularly popular among younger voters, the same demographic that helped propel the Trudeau Liberals to their first majority in 2015, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed Toronto’s plan to consider a switch to ranked ballots for the 2022 municipal election off course, with city council voting 18-6 to instead look to introduce the reform in time for 2026.

It still had more than its fair share of dirty tricks, but the first ranked ballot vote for city council in an Ontario municipality also gave London a younger, more diverse council and one more representative of its population.