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1. What are the Trudeau government’s guiding priorities?

   The prime minister disbanded the Expenditure Review Committee, which assessed the efficacy of government programs. ...

2. Trudeau government pushes national childcare onto premiers’ plate

   Budget 2021 includes $30 billion over five years for national childcare. ...

3. Finance minister can access ‘all money required’ without consulting Parliament

   It was nice while it lasted. No, not the pandemic, that can end anytime. What was nice, was the way political leaders across the country put aside partisan differences and spoke with a common purpose and understanding of the grave ...

4. B.C. government’s proposed electoral reform referendum may not sufficiently inform voters

   Yesterday, B.C Attorney General David Eby (pictured above) unveiled his recommendations on how the upcoming referendum on electoral reform in British Columbia will proceed. It’s heartening to see he’s taken some of our advice by ...

5. Lower Mainland residents could change the way all British Columbians elect their democratic representatives

   B.C. voters are one step closer to another referendum on electoral reform. The deadline for public input to B.C. Attorney General David Eby was today (Feb. 28), leaving it to Eby to submit his report to the government in the coming ...

6. Next year’s referendum on electoral reform in B.C. will require only 50%-plus one of popular vote

   During the last election campaign, the NDP in British Columbia made a commitment to electoral reform. One of the most compelling arguments for a proportional representation (PR) voting system made by PR proponents (such as the NDP) is ...

7. The evidence is clear—there are major drawbacks to other voting systems

   Yesterday Prime Minister Trudeau changed his tune—for the time being, at least—on electoral reform, telling his newly appointed minister handling the issue, that “changing the electoral system will not be in your mandate." The prime ...

8. Response to electoral reform announcement bordering on revisionist history

   The reaction to the government’s announcement that they were going to break their election promise to replace Canada’s current first-past-the-post electoral system reveals a lot about the priorities of the opposition parties. Nathan ...

9. Parliamentary committee recommends Canadians choose their electoral system through referendum

   The Special Committee on Electoral Reform released its final report and recommendations today. The committee was established to study alternative voting methods after the Liberal government promised that the 2015 election would be the ...

10. Canadians can soon share their views on electoral reform with Ottawa

    Sometime soon, Canadians will receive postcards encouraging them to visit a website and answer questions about their “democratic values.” According to a government official, the mail-out is an attempt to understand what values Canadians ...