In early December, the prime minister similarly told the Star editorial board that he remained committed to having a new system in place by 2019. As recently as his town hall tour Trudeau was insisting that he was still interested in changing the voting system. For his part, the NDP’s Nathan Cullen called the prime minister a liar. Or if Trudeau had not continued to maintain he still meant to go through with changing the voting system months after Trump’s victory. Both commitments were shiny Liberal platform objects that turned out to be little more than cheap props.

Source: thestar February 01, 2017 23:45 UTC