Looking at how Justin Trudeau has stacked the electoral reform deck, a cynic could conclude that his bid to move to a different voting system is programmed to fail. Its makeup replicates the very distortions that the Liberals claim to want to redress through electoral reform. Their actions on the electoral reform front so far fall short of that commitment. Elections Canada needs about two years to have a new voting system up and running for the 2019 campaign. Presuming that the Liberals promised electoral reform in good faith, only the search for a way to invest as much legitimacy as possible in the process could justify the delay.

Source: thestar May 12, 2016 03:31 UTC