Meanwhile, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Fair Vote Canada argue FPTP violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. RelatedShe likened electoral reform to extending the franchise to women and aboriginals, neither of which was predicated on a referendum. I have long supported ranked ballots, but I won’t support any new system emerging from a process as disgraceful as what’s unfolding in Ottawa. The last part is silly: any party can and would compete under ranked ballots. If their intention isn’t to back out of their promise entirely, having brought it into such disrepute, it’s sure starting to look like that partisan power play for ranked ballots we were warned about.

Source: National Post May 19, 2016 14:56 UTC