Feds’ electoral reform in doubt, pollsters say one broken promise won’t sink Liberals, but more could spell trouble

After six months of work and a $700,000 price tag, Democratic Minister Maryam Monsef said she was ‘disappointed’ in the House Electoral Reform Committee. She later apologized, but also said the will of Canadians is still unclear. Meanwhile, the government sent out more than 13 million postcards asking Canadians to participate in an online survey on electoral reform.

Electoral Reform Committee chair and Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia, third from left, Bloc MP Luc Thériault, far left, Conservative MP Scott Reid, and NDP MP Nathan Cullen, right, pictured Dec. 1 at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa presenting the majority committee report on electoral reform.The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

December 5, 2016

PARLIAMENT HILL—There are doubts the government will keep its election campaign promise to replace the first-past-the-post electoral system by 2019, but pollsters say one broken promise on electoral reform alone would unlikely sink the Liberal ship, however, more than one could be trouble down ...

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