June 19, 2014
MANDATORY VOTING, PREFERENTIAL BALLOTS
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Canada should adopt mandatory voting and a preferential ballot to re-engage citizens in the political system and reinforce democracy, says a new paper by an adviser to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
The analysis, by academic Robert Asselin for the think-tank Canada 2020, comes as Conservative backbencher Michael Chong pushes a bill aimed at rebalancing power between the Prime Minister’s Office and the House of Commons.
Asselin, of the University of Ottawa’s graduate school of public and international affairs, points to the recent Ontario election as more evidence of the gulf between Canadians and the political system.
For full story:http://forums.canadiancontent.net/canadian-politics/125692-justin-trudeau-adviser-backs-mandatory.html
For full paper: http://canada2020.ca/policy-papers/democratic-reform/
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