NDP & Grit riding associations race to avoid deregistration – Feedback

Defeated Green Party candidate and perennial political gadfly Michael Marshall, who has been hounding his party's executive to comply with financial disclosure rules, finds the legislation governing riding associations too complicated—and a damper on participation. Elections Canada is asking the parties if the added complexity of their new election legislation is reducing the number of people willing to get involved in the political process. Part of the reason for the lower voter turnout is because, in many ridings, only one or two parties are truly competitive—and the complexity of election laws is one reason that many riding executives are so weak—no...