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People with their backs to the camera have their hands raised in a stock-photo meeting.

New housing co-ops need stronger democratic safeguards

An animated illustration of small office workers gathered around a rube goldberg machine of cogs with labels like "transparency" and

Freedom of information is not a game

Why we took down an article published under the name Daniel Robson

A man wrangles a long bundle of printed paper in front of Parliament.

AI could overwhelm the public consultation process

Microphone at a podium in front of an audience.

Municipal public meetings need more than a microphone

Two male black leaders stand at a podium while Jean Augustine appears on screen in the background.

Representation should not be an afterthought on Ottawa’s advisory councils

Mark Carney, wearing a blue suit, speaks in the House of Commons, surrounded by members of Parliament seated on the House benches.

How governments are squeezing debate in Parliament

A woman holding a microphone gestures with her hand as other citizens look on.

Provinces should fund citizens’ assemblies to rebuild local democracy

A uniformed police officer kneels on a protester.

The recriminalization of dissent

Cartoon of Canad being forced to marry USA.

20 years of prime ministers in Policy Options

  • by IRPP Admin mike 
A distant view of the Canadian Parliament.

Canada as a one-party state

A hand is placing a blank ballot into a voting box.

The PR path to decentralization

Joe Clark's looking in front of him.

Joe Clark: last man standing

The Centre Block of Canada's Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Party democracy increases the leader’s power

Bar and line chart titled "Figure 1 — The 'effective' number of parties in the electorate," covering Canadian elections from 1878 to 2000.

A conservative case for electoral reform

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PR can help solve Canada’s democracy deficit

Chart 1 titled "Reforming a representational building block," presenting a structured assessment of prospects for adopting a non-plurality electoral system in Canada.

Is talk of electoral reform just whistling in the wind?

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Canadian perspectives on the voting system

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New Zealand adopts PR: a prime minister’s view

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Alternative voting or mixed member/proportional: what can we expect?

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New Zealand adopts PR: a research director’s view

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The alternative vote

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Making democracy constitutional

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Getting from here to there: a process for electoral reform in Canada

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