Electoral reform would be a boost for public policy

And the lesson for politicians, public policy, and public servants: expect the unexpected with electoral reform.

Inexorably, Canadians appear to be creeping toward electoral reform. The objective is to make election outcomes more reflective of the votes cast for parties. The quirkiness of the existing first-past-the-post system was glaringly apparent in the 1993 election. The Liberals elected 177 MPs by gar...

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