A referendum on any proposed change to how we elect our government is a must

[Locutus]

Not only because such a change requires the consent of the governed, but doing so would require the Liberals to actually define what the change is going to be.

Liberal opposition to a plebiscite more likely stems from the fear it would go decidedly against them, and ruin their chance to gerrymander the electoral system to favour the election of future Liberal governments.

Maryam Monsef still opposes a referendum on electoral reform, and she still can’t explain why. The minister for democratic reform has reasons to offer, but they are so obviously flawed as to be meaningless. As she launched her summer of consultation on the Liberal plan to change the country’s voting system, Monsef found herself still trying to make a case for a plan that is riddled with holes. She didn’t do a very good job of it: if the Liberals hope to push this lemon through the squeezer by the time of the next election, their best bet is to pray voters are too disengaged to notice the sour taste.

Monsef may be the most pleasant person in cabinet. As she appeared before a special committee on electoral reform on Wednesday, one observer noted that she started every response by saying something nice about the questioner. But she still can’t give a credible reason for refusing to put the question to voters, straight-up: do they want to abandon the means by which Canadians elect a government in favour of a new, more complicated and ill-defined alternative?
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Kelly McParland: Ignorance is bliss for Liberal hopes of changing the way Canada elects governments | National Post

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Robyn Urback: How to host your own dialogue session on electoral reform. #SpecialHashtag | National Post
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[Remington1]

It should be in an democratic society.

 

[Johnnny]

Agreed but they the liberals are probably scared of the idea of a referendum after the Brexit Referendum... And thats the way it should be, the government should fear the people not the other way around....

 

[Corduroy]

How should we vote on electoral form? Popular vote? No representatives or ridings. Every vote gets counted in one national poll? Maybe we should have multiple options for electoral reform and rank them in a single transferable vote. Or how about each community votes for a representative to speak for them at an electoral reform convention.

 

[Locutus]

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