Maryam Monsef

"There are 20,000 tweets mocking this minister's survey," said NDP democratic reform critic Nathan Cullen in Ottawa.

She says she deeply regrets the words she used and never meant to imply they didn’t work hard, long hours and weren’t focused on their task.

The Liberal government is throwing open the doors to voting in federal elections, including expanding the franchise to more than a million Canadians living abroad.

New changes don't include replacing Canada's first-past-the-post voting system, raising suspicions that the Trudeau government intends to keep it unchanged.

A leaked draft of a federal survey on electoral reform has raised suspicions that the Trudeau government is trying to skew the public consultation process to favour the status quo.

It did not seem to occur to Minister Monsef that the majority of Canadians might not be clamoring for electoral reform precisely because the Liberal party already vowed to carry it out.

Monsef urged her colleagues to reach for a compromise that takes into account the views of all Canadians when it comes to figuring out the best alternative to the current voting system.

A thousand people are talking about Canada's welcoming of refugees.

The Liberals will give up their majority on the all-party committee that is to explore alternatives to the current first-past-the-post voting system.

Trudeau made a short appearance late at the party which set off a flurry of selfie action. Guests clamoured to get in reach of him to take a photo.

Conservatives are push Trudeau government to promise a referendum to consult Canadians on any proposal to overhaul the electoral system.

Government is creating an arm's-length advisory board to recommend to the prime minister a shortlist of five merit-based nominees to fill each Senate vacancy.