On electoral reform, the feds got just what they asked for: an excuse

Trudeau's sleight of hand and alternative facts aren't lost on supporters of change.

More than 10,000 people expressed their interest in holding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to account on electoral reform through a Facebook event author Caitlin Urquhart helped create.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY CAITLIN URQUHART

February 8, 2017

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.—Buried on the third page of the prime minister’s mandate letter to the minister of democratic institutions were five brief lines about electoral reform, concluding with “changing the electoral system will not be in your mandate.” And with that, the Liberals brushed off their...

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