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Tweet 4 Canada

Posted on 2016 Tweet 4 Canada (action on Twitter) by Ann Eastman · May 12, 2016 5:54 PM

Liberals To Keep Majority on New, All-Party Electoral Reform Committee

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The Canadian government is finally addressing the Liberal election promise to change the undemocratic first-past -the-post (FPTP) voting system. They just announced the All-Party committee to develop recommendations for a new electoral system and other electoral changes such as mandatory and online voting.

But... the Huffington Post reports the all-party committee has a majority of Liberal MPs and although Elizabeth May, Green Party Leader and MP for Saanich Gulf-Islands, can attend she cannot make a motion or vote:

Elizabeth May told The Huffington Post Canada in an email: 

 "I am glad the committee has been named and can begin its work. Obviously I am pleased to be a member, but I am disappointed not to have voting rights. I will be mulling over what rights I can have in my role.

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