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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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Amid growing questions over his leadership, Trudeau looks ahead as PMO, PCO vet some MPs for cabinet and PS positions

Conservative filibuster costing millions of dollars, say NDP and Green MPs

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Liberal MPs concerned about PMO’s handling of electoral reform and cash-for-access issues, say Grit sources

“Changing the federal voting system is officially off the table. What do you think? What other electoral reform do you think is key to make?”

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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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