Chief electoral officer tells MPs time is tight to make 2019 voting changes
OTTAWA — Canada’s chief electoral officer has laid out the scale of the challenge for Parliament if it wants to change Canada’s voting system in time for the next federal election in 2019.
Elections Canada will need at least two years to prepare should the Liberal government make good on its promise to end the current first-past-the-post voting system, Marc Mayrand told a special parliamentary committee Thursday studying electoral reform.
If new legislation is enacted by May 2017, Mayrand said that would provide enough time to get ready for the next fixed election date.
“It should be OK, but you should not underestimate the challenges that it will represent.”