Electoral reform should still be a priority: Vancouver Island MP
NANAIMO — Electoral reform, which was a major promise from the Liberal government in the last federal election, should still go full steam ahead according to an island MP.
Courtney-Alberni MP Gord Johns, who hosted several public electoral reform meetings in 2016, said Canadians will get their voice back with a move to proportional voting.
“Young people in particular have not been coming out to the polls and to make sure people get out to vote, we need to make sure their vote counts.”
Focusing on Vancouver Island specifically, Johns said it’s unfair the NDP captured six of the seven electoral seats with 30 per cent of the vote.