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The quota for women was tied to a contentious plan to redraw voting boundaries across India, which became a major sticking point with opposition parties.

The NDP leadership hopefuls admitted their French skills fell short during the campaign’s first debate in Montreal, where much of the discussion shifted into English.

A campaign group is pushing to have the current world map "corrected" to show Africa is actually larger than the current Mercator projection.

Justice Minister Sonia LeBel tabled Bill 39 on Wednesday, proposing to abandon the current voting system.

British Columbians have until Friday, November 30th, to ensure that their referendum ballot on electoral reform has been received by Elections B.C.

The Green Party leader said she would launch a citizens' assembly with a mandate to make recommendations to Parliament on a new electoral system based on proportional representation.

Leader Andrew Weaver says he will not seek re-election in the next scheduled provincial election in 2021.

A surge in support for smaller parties shows the 2019 election could mark the beginning of a new form of coalition-based politics, Nathalie Des Rosiers says.

The day's big political story will be the debate, which starts at 8 p.m. Eastern in Gatineau, Que., within sight of Parliament.

What, exactly, is a coalition government, and what would it look like in Canada? Here's what you need to know.

The number of federal election candidates from diverse backgrounds continues to rise from election to election, but still falls far short of reflecting Canada's multicultural makeup.

Female employees in Canadian banks earn 18.4 per cent less per hour in wages than their male colleagues, according to data made public by the federal government.

"So what we have is a Green Party that makes a lot of noise but actually just votes with the NDP, and so that tension is going to build up between the two of them, and we'll be there to point that out."

"It's a bad argument to say having a single representative is essential because it connects the constituent to the legislature."

"I think this study raises questions about whether doctors are trained to treat diverse populations."

The government of Alberta is being lambasted in a review of Canada's justice system as the only province to keep secret the number of Indigenous people it has locked up over the last five years.

Canadians wildly overestimated the number of CEOs who head up the top 500 companies worldwide, and assumed the country is better off than reality when it comes to pay equity.

It began as a Facebook campaign against fuel tax increases, but has quickly spiraled into a movement powerful enough to force Emmanuel Macron into the biggest U-turn of his presidency.

Misinformation “frames what we’ve all been through in the last 12 months," the linguist-in-residence at Dictionary.com said.

With concerns growing over low voter engagement in the ongoing electoral reform referendum, Premier John Horgan won't set a turnout number that would make the process legitimate.