MPs to hunker down on electoral reform’s ‘very robust’ schedule

Now, the 12-member electoral reform committee will be made up of five Liberals, three Conservatives, two NDP MPs, and one each for the Bloc and Green Parties, all with full voting rights, and the 338 town hall reports are due by Oct. 14.

Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef is responsible for overseeing electoral reform. The newly re-constitent electoral reform committee is expected to meet this summer, and along with multiple town halls, will keep MPs busy through the 'break.' The Hill Times Photograph by Jean-Marc Carisse

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

June 13, 2016

MPs on the upcoming and historic special electoral reform committee will hold town hall meetings in all 338 ridings across the country this summer as they look at ways to reform Canada's first-past-the-post electoral system. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) promised to enact elector...

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