On Monday, September 26, the Special Committee on Electoral Reform was in Whitehorse seeking opinions from Yukoners.  Questions centered on which electoral models could, or could not, serve the North and Yukon. The ensuing discussions revealed just how difficult it will be to come up with an electoral system that serves all Canadians well. Electoral reform is a daunting project.  

Most Conservatives will tell you that we should keep the First Past the Post electoral system because it works perfectly well. And it does...for the Conservative Party of Canada. (Beware of conservatives disguised as defenders of democracy.)

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The Conservative Party, on behalf of Yukon MP Ryan Leef, has mailed out campaign flyers depicting Liberal Larry Bagnell as a nefarious scoundrel, painted scary red, who "BROKE HIS PROMISE" and will bring back the long-gun registry!

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Open Letter to Ryan Leef, MP for Yukon

Dear Ryan,

Voter suppression can help the unscrupulous win elections. 

Negative politicking in the form of vicious smear campaigns and fear/hate mongering are straight from the playbooks of the cynical strategists who have been advising Republicans for decades and Stephen Harper more recently.