#25: Justin Trudeau’s Criticisms of Proportional Representation vs. Actual Research
Off Script: Atlantic Canada Politics
English - February 08, 2018 22:29 - 39 minutes - 54.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNews Education nova scotia politics democracy legislature parliament oral history halifax canada ndp liberal Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It’s been just over a year since Justin Trudeau’s government announced it would not be pursuing its platform commitment to make the 2015 federal election the last Canadian election held using first-past-the-post. This week we compare what Justin Trudeau and others have been saying about proportional representation with what the research says about countries that use proportional systems.
Matt Risser (@mattrisser) joins us to unpack how systems of proportional representation work in other countries, and how they might work in Canada.
Resources Mentioned
Better Choices: Voting System Alternatives for Canada (Paper)
Better Choices: Voting System Alternatives for Nova Scotia (Paper)
Audio Clips Sampled:
Justin Trudeau in Yellowknife 2017 (CBC) - Justin Trudeau Explains Electoral Reform U-Turn
Justin Trudeau in Yellowknife 2017 (CBC) - Should Kellie Leitch Have Her Own Party?
Justin Trudeau on CBC’s ‘The House’
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