Canada’s fixed election date law is a serious problem
The Canadian bill, which is still on the books, is essentially a constitutional crisis in waiting. It ought to be repealed and replaced by a law that makes sense, like the proposed British law.
When I was a young researcher for the McGrath Committee on Reform of the House of Commons the chairman asked me for a paper on certain aspects of British procedure. After reading the literature I sent him a 20-page memorandum and he promptly called me. "So that is how the British do it. Well, we ...
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