Ranked preferential ballot is the way to go if we want to elect a government supported by majority of Canadians

The in-house method of choosing the Speaker is of little interest to the broad Canadian public. That’s a pity because the ranked preferential ballot could fix one of the major problems in Canada’s modern, fragmented democracy.

The Senate's Usher of the Black Rod J. Greg Peters, pictured Dec. 5, 2019, outside the House Chamber. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

December 9, 2019

OTTAWA—The ranked preferential ballot is how we ended up with a new House Speaker last week. Many arcane processes surrounding the opening of a new Parliament are obscured by the subject matter of the Throne Speech. Political parties, especially in a minority, are most interested in discerning wh...

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