Liberals delay electoral reform until they determine which system will make them win
Jeremy Woodcock | CBC Comedy | Posted: December 6, 2016 4:00 PM | Last Updated: December 6, 2016
OTTAWA, ON—The Liberal government announced this week that it has launched an online survey that will allow Canadians all across the country to talk about electoral reform, and which they hope will delay an eventual choice of election format until they can figure out exactly which one will cause them to win the next election.
"We feel this is a great tool for ordinary Canadians to make their voice heard," said Maryam Monsef, Minister of Democratic Institutions.
"Just kind of chuck their voices into the democracy whirlpool there while we do our best to figure out exactly which electoral system is the one that will lead to the party already in power winning again, which is us, which is the one that we will then choose."
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The Liberals will be rolling out their plan slowly but surely, and the party reserves the right to change its mind if things don't seem to be working as expected, Monsef said.
A government that can say, ' ... This isn't going as well as we thought it would, and the way we can tell is that we didn't win. So let's fix this.' - Maryam Monsef, Minister of Democratic Institutions
"Let's say we take a look at things with a fresh, honest approach and think, okay, we'll still win this way. But then the election comes and we don't win. We'll have realized this wasn't the way to go, and we'll say okay, scrap that, let's have a do-over, let's do that election again until we get this thing right."
"I think the Canadian public respects a government that can change its mind when presented with new information. A government that can say, 'Okay, we were wrong! This isn't going as well as we thought it would, and the way we can tell is that we didn't win. So let's fix this.'"
"After all," said Monsef, "I think people finally realize it's very important that elections be fixed."
"After all," said Monsef, "I think people finally realize it's very important that elections be fixed."
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