Campaigning on electoral reform won't work this time because we were burned last time it was. But if Carney is serious about his, "I'm not a politician" shtick, then maybe he'll set the wheels in motion to get to PR? Wishful thinking without more evidence though.
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Had a conversation with Liberal candidate for my riding during her campaign office opening about PR.
Honestly, while it wasn't quite the answer I hoped for, I did appreciate that she didn't beat around the bush with her stance, and it did have me thinking about things. Essentially the gist of her stance was that while she as an individual did think it was a good idea to institute PR, she felt that doing it with the House of Commons might be a huge undertaking that would take time, and that a faster approach would likely be to reform the Senate from being by appointment, to having them represent voters proportional to the vote share.
End of the day it does come to actions in the House of Commons, but seeing that she seemed to be a very genuine and down-to-earth candidate despite her involved political background definitely has my hopes up that there will be movement within the Liberal party to get things shifting in the right direction, even if it takes a little more time than what's preferred.
Cool, but I've heard politicians speak positively about electoral reform before. I need something a bit more concrete, s'il vous plait.
He should pass proportional representation to improve the performance of the economy and to reduce waste from cancelled projects.