Liberals accused of trying to skew results of electoral reform consultations
OTTAWA — A leaked draft of an online federal survey on electoral reform to be launched next month has raised suspicions that the Trudeau government is trying to skew the public consultation process to favour the status quo.
The questions in the draft survey, leaked Thursday, are broad and at no point ask respondents for their opinions about specific models of voting systems.
Although the overwhelming majority of experts and Canadians consulted by an all-party committee favour a proportional voting system, the survey does not ask participants if they believe a party’s share of seats in the House of Commons should reflect its share of the popular vote.
Government insiders said the leaked survey was just a field test and the final survey will be quite different.