But it was a handy tagline for a party wishing to trade protest for power. For instance: The hyperventilation in the House of Commons over the Liberals’ climb-down on electoral reform has been a marvel. MP Nathan Cullen has led the field, passionately excoriating Trudeau for abandoning his oft-repeated promise to scrap Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system. That is a referendum, in which a clear majority of respondents – say 60 per cent – opted for a specific, new system. But by all means, let’s pick now to have a fractious debate over the electoral system that, in the unlikely event it achieves the desired outcome, will set the stage for profound change here, too.

Source: National Post February 09, 2017 21:56 UTC