Author: Pierre Lortie
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Languages : en
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Author: Canada. Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing
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Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 229

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Author: Canada. Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing
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Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Author: Royal Commisssion on Electoral Reform and Party Financing
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Languages : en
Pages : 414

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Author: Canada. Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing
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Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 438

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Author: Canada. Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing
Publisher: Royal Commission
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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Author: Andrew Potter
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773550828
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
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During the 2015 federal election, the Liberal Party pledged that, if elected, they would end the “first past the post” electoral system, where whichever candidate receives the most votes wins a riding even if they have not received a majority of all votes cast. In early 2017, the Liberals reneged on their campaign promise, declaring that there was a lack of public consensus about how to reform the system. Despite the broken promise – and because of the public outcry – discussions about electoral reform will continue around the country. Challenging the idea that first past the post is obsolete, Should We Change How We Vote? urges Canadians to make sure they understand their electoral system before making drastic changes to it. The contributors to this volume assert that there is perhaps no institution more misunderstood and misrepresented than the Canadian electoral system – praised by some for ensuring broad regional representation in Ottawa, but criticized by others for allowing political parties with less than half the popular vote to assume more than half the seats in Parliament. They consider not only how the system works, but also its flaws and its advantages, and whether or not electoral reform is legitimate without a referendum. An essential guide to the crucial and ongoing debate about the country’s future, Should We Change How We Vote? asks if there are alternative reforms that would be easier to implement than a complete overhaul of the electoral system.

Author: Canada. Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing
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Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Author: Henry Milner
Publisher: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Steps Toward Making Every Vote Count brings together the best analyses from the best qualified observers on developments in the growing movement to reform Canada's electoral system. Among mature democracies, only the United States and Canada use the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system for electing all state and provincial, as well as national, law makers. In Canada the debate over the electoral system, which began in earnest after the 1997 federal election, is now moving from the university and think-tank seminar room to the floor of five provincial legislatures. Four key chapters present up-to-date accounts of developments in BC, Quebec, PEI, and Ontario. They show the provinces moving at different speeds toward meeting an objective to propose a specific model of proportional representation that also ensures a continued role for directly elected representatives of specific geographic boundaries. Two chapters recount experiences in New Zealand and Scotland, which adopted electoral plans attempting just such a balance. Others look at South Africa, Japan, Frances, and the United States - each selected for the light its casts on a specific aspect of electoral system reform. The remaining chapters consider various practical implications of changing Canada's electoral system - now a very real prospect.

Author: Law Commission of Canada
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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"Through the electoral process, citizens grant authority to their governments and to the laws governments enact. In recent years more and more Canadians have expressed their desire for improvements to our system of democratic governance, and to the mechanisms through which they can participate in government decision-making processes...This report aims to clarify the debates surrounding electoral reform: it reviews the arguments advanced to justify change, evaluates their relevance and cogency, and proposes a new model." -- p. vii.