Electoral reform: MPs failed to rise above partisan self-interest

The referendum push is little more than a convenient cover for irreconcilable positions.

Members of the House Special Electoral Reform Committee at a news conference in Ottawa last week. From left: Bloc Québécois MP Luc Thériault, Conservative MP Scott Reid, Liberal MP and committee chair Francis Scarpaleggia, NDP MP Nathan Cullen, Green MP Elizabeth May, and moderator Elizabeth Thompson, a reporter. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

December 7, 2016

MONTREAL—Cut through the spin that has attended the publication last week of the much-awaited conclusions of a special parliamentary committee on electoral reform and what you find is a collective failure to rise above partisan self-interest. When it comes to the rules of engagement of future ele...

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