If it ain’t broke, Smith offers a clear-eyed look at how Canada’s electoral system really works

Dale Smith talks about his book The Unbroken Machine: Canada's Democracy in Action.

Author and freelancer Dale Smith, pictured on the Hill with Senator Grant Mitchell: 'Changing the electoral system won't actually fix the things that people identify as problems with the system and will simply create new problems.'The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY KATE MALLOY

March 20, 2017

OTTAWA—Dale Smith is a bit of parliamentary political nerd. He's the only journalist on the Hill who goes to Question Period every, single day and he's that rare media bird who understands the finer details of the parliamentary system, Canada's electoral system, and how political parties work....

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