Of promises and politics: the potential fallout from abandoning electoral reform
OTTAWA — The New Democrats called him a liar. He can’t be trusted, echoed the Conservatives. And the leader of the Green party said he left the country’s young people disillusioned and weeping.
To be sure, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provoked an impassioned response from his political rivals when he officially abandoned his unequivocal promise to change the way Canadians vote in time for the next federal election.
But what of the majority of Canadians? Do they care? Does it matter?
The prime minister and the team around him knew there was no getting around the fact a promise had been broken.