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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

It's because electoral change requires a constitutional amendment, not just legislation. It's not something you could do, especially without Quebec's support (and they never ratified the Constitution to begin with) so as badly as I support that change, it was never arrived they could deliver

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Ed Janes @edjanes.ca · 24/03/2025

The Supreme Court has never ruled on FPTP and "consensus among Canadians" and "consensus among political parties" has been blamed, but never the need for a constitutional amendment. Not much written on this recently, but this article is worth a read: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju...

policyoptions.irpp.org

Is a constitutional amendment required for electoral reform? - Policy Options

The Supreme Court could interpret its 2014 opinion on Senate reform to allow Parliament to change the electoral system without provincial consent.

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keithrace.bsky.social @keithrace.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This article is great! I've never heard that argument before and though I still doubt it's a slam dunk, I'm even more pissed off at Trudeau for not giving this method a shot!!! I thought he was just cynical or stupid, now I'll add cowardly to the list.

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