Category Archives: Reform

Does Budget 2016 Acknowledge That Electoral Reform Won’t Happen Before 2019?

Posted on 2016/06/19 by J.W.J. Bowden

  As I noted in my column “Time Has Run Out on Electoral Reform,” it is too late to implement a proportional system like MMP or STV in time for the next scheduled federal general election in 2019.  This is … Continue reading →

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Scott Reid Quoted My Article on Electoral Reform During Question Period

Posted on 2016/06/14 by J.W.J. Bowden

During Question Period on 13 June 2016, Scott Reid, MP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston and Conservative Shadow Minister for Democratic Institutions, referenced my article “Time Has Already Run Out On Electoral Reform”, published by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Inside Policy. I am pleased that … Continue reading →

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Ontario’s Next Provincial General Election: October 2018, Not June 2018

Posted on 2016/06/13 by J.W.J. Bowden

Update (18 November 2016): Please set the latest news on Ontario’s fixed-date election law: Finally! A Media Outlet Writes An Accurate Story on Ontario’s Next Provincial Election! Ontario’s Next Provincial General Election Has Only Just Been Scheduled for June 2018 … Continue reading →

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The Canadian Study of Parliament Group’s Conference on Electoral Reform

Posted on 2016/06/11 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction My regular readers will know that I’m not a one-trick pony; at the very least, I’ve become a three-trick pony whose obsession oscillates from the constitutional conventions of Responsible Government – especially as they pertain to dissolution and prorogation … Continue reading →

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Jean-Pierre Kingsley Is Wrong: Electoral Reform Is A Constitutional Matter

Posted on 2016/06/08 by J.W.J. Bowden

Publication in the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Magazine I am most grateful to Brian Lee Crowley, David Watson, and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute for having published my short article on electoral reform online under the title, “Time Has Already Run Out on Electoral Reform“; … Continue reading →

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