Electoral Reform committee  That kind of put me on the spot. I think you're right that a basket of things will need to be recommended. For instance, my own system does not directly address the issue of getting more women involved in politics. That being said, first past the post itself has shown that women

Electoral Reform committee  Let me just say that I agree with what has been said. I'll add that the cynicism that you see, especially online in Canada, and even in your neighbourhood, is almost poisonous. People will say, “Oh, the government's not here for me,” or “The government's just full of people who l

Electoral Reform committee  I did look into this. The first few constitutional experts I contacted said they had no clue. Eventually I did get Professor Yasmin Dawood, with the faculty of law at the University of Toronto, and she gave me a more robust answer. I'll read that now: “Much of the operation of

Electoral Reform committee  Of the dozen or so people I've talked to, I've run into that comment once, and it was more along the lines of MPs being demotivated in doing their jobs by having unequal votes. That is the only thing along your line of thinking that I've run across.

Electoral Reform committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and a thank you to the committee, as well, for allowing me to speak to you this evening. I would like to spend my allotted time outlining the features of the single member proportional vote system specifically, and to discuss more generally the merits of