More than 60 per cent of Canadians would prefer majority government: Forum Poll

When a coalition government was included as an option, preference for a majority government dropped from 66 per cent to 59 per cent, with 13 per cent of respondents favouring a coalition.

'All of this conversation, from day one we’ve learned that it’s about trade-offs; there are different things that different systems do well,' says NDP democratic reform critic Nathan Cullen, centre, referring to voting systems. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY TIM NAUMETZ

November 18, 2016

Two-thirds of voting-age Canadians would want a majority government if a federal election were held today, a new Forum Research poll indicates. The findings, from a survey taken as MPs were beginning the...

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