Canadians protest Liberals’ broken electoral reform promise across the country
TORONTO — Protesters staged demonstrations across Canada Saturday to attack the governing Liberals’ decision to abandon their promise of electoral reform.
Hundreds of people turned out to the Toronto protest, some holding signs critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and demanding proportional representation.
Trudeau repeatedly promised to get rid of the first-past-the-post voting system in time for the 2019 election, both during his campaign in the last election and again as prime minister.
But earlier this month, he announced that electoral reform would not be part of the mandate of newly-appointed Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould.