{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Policy Options","provider_url":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/","title":"The constitutionality of electoral reform","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DHdWNsddZo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/2016\/11\/the-constitutionality-of-electoral-reform\/\">The constitutionality of electoral reform<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/2016\/11\/the-constitutionality-of-electoral-reform\/embed\/#?secret=DHdWNsddZo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The constitutionality of electoral reform&#8221; &#8212; Policy Options\" data-secret=\"DHdWNsddZo\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wiseman-photo-article-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":2000,"thumbnail_height":700,"description":"Some academics and others have questioned the constitutionality of the federal government\u2019s drive for electoral reform. Benjamin Perrin, who was the lawyer for former prime minister Stephen Harper, has cited the Supreme Court\u2019s 2014 Senate reference case to raise uncertainty that electoral reform is within Parliament\u2019s exclusive jurisdiction. He and others have said that a [&hellip;]"}