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First-past-the-post electoral system advances ‘democratic values,’ says rookie Democratic Institutions Minister Gould a week after Libs break campaign promise

Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould downplayed the government’s broken promise at the House Affairs Committee, but the New Democrats say the Liberals are ‘missing the irony.’

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February 8, 2017

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