P.E.I. experience shows more time needed for federal electoral reform, says professor

An unprecedented plebiscite on electoral reform taking place this fall in Prince Edward Island on options to change its voting system.
Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef, pictured July 6 with Conservative MP Scott Reid before her testimony at the Special House of Commons Committee on Electoral Reform.
Prince Edward Island will hold an unprecedented plebiscite this fall on options to change its provincial electoral system, but one expert says more time is needed to ensure there's enough public input before making such fundamental changes and he says this should be a lesson federally. “When y...

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