ranked ballot 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. 

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.

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.

The how and why of ranked ballots, a form of preferential voting that advocates say can encourage a more diverse field of candidates and engender a more collaborative and collegial form of campaigning and governance.

The senior city staffer, Ulli Watkiss, is recommending that Toronto council stop getting ranked ballots ready for the 2022 municipal election, citing the COVID-19 pandemic. Advocates have pushed for a decade to ditch first-past-the-post voting in favour of a preferential voting system they say increases the diversity of candidates and improves the tenor of campaigns.

In Beauce, locals say they vote for the candidate, not the political party. The candidate is Maxime Bernier, probable front runner in the Conservative leadership race.