Talk:Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Ontario)

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An IP address added some POV on how the Select Committee's report was set up to biased for MMP, which is claimed to be more likely to fail. I removed most of it, but I don't know if any issues of bias were raised (particularly by the small parties listed in the article), so it would be good to know if such concerns were actually raised. Kelvinc 11:32, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the above assessment. I know no one with that conspiracy theory. The fact that the Select Committee recommended a lower referendum threshold than the cabinet eventually decided on supports the general observation that they became supportive of electoral reform.Wilfred Day 04:38, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kinda moot now... I added a very brief result, but I will leave to others to flesh it out and perhaps write an aftermath section Observer31 23:27, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Discussion of politics[edit]

Could we create a 'discussion' section for analysis of why the measure failed? For example, we could incorporate these legacy sentences:

"I'm very disappointed there's been a lack of meaningful debate," said Catherine Baquero, Assembly member for Beaches-East York. "I'm disappointed that Elections Ontario's education campaign has been so toothless. What I expected was a more detailed discussion of the pros and cons of each system." [1]

"There's an awful lack of understanding on the proposition. I think that's too bad. Elections Ontario isn't doing its job," added Rick Browridge, another Assembly member. "There's been no real attempt at a major public education campaign, and that's what was needed." [2] Superb Owl (talk) 04:32, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Those need to be properly done as citations for inclusion, preferably with {{cite news}}, but definitely not as external links, which are expressly forbidden in article bodies outside of the "External links" section (and even then should not be URL-only links). Please see WP:INCITE. —Joeyconnick (talk) 18:51, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]