April 13, 2016
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Video: Manning Centre panel on changing the voting system
I spoke on the Liberal government’s plan to change the voting system as part of a panel discussion at the Manning Centre Conference in Ottawa on February 27, 2016. Here’s the video (55 minutes).
March 21, 2016
New senators remain unelected, appointed from secret lists
Today, Conservative democratic institutions critics Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) and Blake Richards (Banff-Airdrie) made the following comments in response to the Prime Minister’s appointment of seven new senators: “The Prime Minister has demonstrated yet again, on the senate just as on a growing list, that he says one thing but does
March 18, 2016
Two in three Canadians support having a referendum on changing the voting system
For immediate release Today, Conservative democratic institutions critic Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) made the following comments in responding to a recent poll showing a majority of Canadians support holding a referendum on the Liberal government’s plan to change the voting system: “In recent polling, nearly two in three Canadians said they
February 10, 2016
Senate “advisory board” will still give secret advice
Today, Conservative democratic institutions critic Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) made the following comments in responding to the Liberal government’s establishment of the “Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments”: “Only the Liberal Party has the audacity to call an appointed body choosing Senators a ‘democratic reform’. There’s no reform here. An unelected,
January 19, 2016
Electoral reform must go to a referendum: Scott Reid’s Op-Ed
Electoral reform must go to a referendum SCOTT REID, MP Ottawa Citizen Published on: December 28, 2015 On Oct. 19, the Liberals were elected on a platform that included dozens of promises, including more than 30 on various aspects of democratic reform. One of these was the dramatic but vague
January 6, 2016
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