Changing Canada’s electoral system will shift internal, external party politics: Carty

A number of academics and election experts implored the Special House Committee on Electoral Reform to seek public input, though not necessarily through a referendum.

Former Privy Council clerk Alex Himelfarb and University of Montreal professor Henry Milner both advocated for proportional representation systems to replace the current first-past-the-post voting system in testimony before the special committee on electoral reform on July 27. The Hill Times Photo by Jake Wright

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT, RACHEL AIELLO

August 1, 2016

Electoral reform will have deeper ramifications than just changing the way Canadians elect Members of Parliament and it will drastically shake up party politics both within caucuses and between parties, said several witnesses, testifying during marathon of meetings last week in front of the Special ...

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