Protected: What Does the U.S. Have that Canada Needs? Open Primaries

Protected: What Does the U.S. Have that Canada Needs? Open Primaries

“Parachute” candidates. Direct appointees. Mysterious disqualifications and rule changes. Elections with just one contestant. The nomination process used by political parties to select their candidates is one of the building blocks of Canadian democracy. And yet on close inspection, this system reveals itself to be profoundly and embarrassingly undemocratic. There must be a better way. Jake Melo Valinho examines the origins and key characteristi…