That’s why, for example, constitutional amendments require not just the support of Parliament, but also the provincial legislatures. Politicians, the successful ones at any rate, are not often in the habit of saying things without a reason. And the point many people are taking from Trudeau’s comments is that he is backing away from his promise to reform the electoral system. Would you not discover a desire for some tangible expression of the “substantial support” for reform Trudeau now regards as essential, his own election on precisely that platform no longer being sufficient? Trudeau has, it is true, no mandate for any particular model of reform, but he absolutely has a mandate for reform.

Source: National Post October 19, 2016 23:03 UTC