I'm watching highly respected Global TV commentator Tom Clark right now on the news reporting from Toronto and as he said regarding this latest snafu by the minister "it's all over an issue that no one really care's about.....", quote unquote.
Since I suspect Clark is just a little closer to the center of the Canadian political universe than any of us on VV with his finger on the political pulse of the nation, not to mention our major population and business centers and his extensive contacts therein, I have to wonder since I only ever read about 'reform' on this and other similar forums and, per RJag's comment above re: '3rd or 4th place parties' and their motives, it appears it's generally not a hot button issue for the majority of the population in central or eastern Canada and certainly not terribly high on the agenda of either of the main two parties - could it be then that it's really only a high priority item for the NDP and its supporters?
Certainly I never hear a hue and cry from across the land for electoral reform from any of my circle of family (East or West), friends or associates, except for one longtime friend from my university days in Vancouver who is a hard core NDP'er through and through. Aside from him nada, nothing, from anyone anywhere.
Quite aside from all of that was the impossible timeline Trudeau Junior imposed on this issue/"promise"; as currently mandated it would have to go from Parliament to the Senate and very likely back to Parliament again - within 3 months? For anyone with even a base modicum understanding of the the mechanics of our political system, all I can say is "good luck!" with that.....
Edited by AllseeingEye, 02 December 2016 - 06:15 PM.