Parliament

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First-past-the-post has got to go

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

Table 1 titled "Hypothetical changes in the results of two federal general elections, following run-off elections." The table is divided into two sections.

Run-off elections revisited

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“Brand Canada” or branded Canadian?

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The Marshall decision and governments’ duty to regulate

Paul Martin’s milestone: One for the record books

Diagram comparing the regulatory rulemaking processes of Canada and the United States, illustrated through two opposing triangles. The horizontal axis represents the degree of public participation, and the vertical axis represents time.

Opposed triangles: Policy and regulation in Canada and the US

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