OttawaWill the last country on earth to use first-past-the-post please turn out the lights?British PM plans to ditch first-past-the-post So that’s reform of the upper house, more power for MPs, and electoral reform, in...
OttawaThe real issueAbsolute must read by the great John Ibbitson: Few countries can claim such a pathetic Parliament . Every single word... It isn’t...
OttawaWhat’s not wrong with Canadian democracyArgument about what ails Canadian democracy, if anything, is picking up lately, which is good. But it seems to me that much of the...
CanadaCanadian democracy is brokenBut how to fix it? Columnists Andrew Coyne and Paul Wells debate the question.
UncategorizedDemocratic reform will break out tomorrowMichael Urban repeats the case for proportional representation.
GeneralDear Andrew Coyne, not in my backyardVancouver Bureau Chief Ken MacQueen explains why B.C. didn’t go along with electoral reform
OttawaGuess that’s a No thenOn the BC electoral reform referendum, it wasn’t even close . BC-STV didn’t carry a voter majority in almost any riding, and it...
OttawaChristy switched, and so should youApparently I’m not the only late convert to BC-STV. Here’s Christy Clark, Gordon Campbell’s former deputy premier.
Ottawa(Slightly) shorter CoyneElsewhere you will find a lengthy piece by me explaining why I support the electoral reform (STV) option in Tuesday’s BC’s...
OttawaAbout that counting systemThe biggest single knock against STV, the one that the critics have had the most fun with, is the elaborate system for counting...