Canada might hold an election method referendum to ditch first-past-the-post voting system

Legally speaking, Justin Trudeau has the absolute right to upend our entire electoral system without a referendum. And this is insane. Before the writ dropped in the recent federal election, Trudeau promised to end first-past-the-post – the system that has determined which party will govern Canada since before Germany was a country. First-past-the-post has its roots…