Electoral reform committee witnesses expected to diversify next month

Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef encouraged the committee to go beyond the 'usual suspects,' but witnesses have mostly been male academics so far.

Former Privy Council Office clerk Alex Himelfarb and University of Laval professor Henry Milner pictured at a meeting of the House of Commons' special committee on electoral reform. A majority of witnesses to date have been male academics. The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

August 29, 2016

After a round of “summer school” meetings, hearing from a long list of research experts and academics, the House of Commons’ Special Committee on Electoral Reform is expected to branch out beyond testimony from the “usual suspects” when it hits the road in September, say members. “As ti...

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