Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u00a0has let Canadians down by abandoning his election promise to end the current first-past-the-post voting system, says the president of Fair Vote Canada.<\/p>\n
R\u00e9al Lavergne, head of the non-profit group that advocates for\u00a0voting system reform, told Radio-Canada that yesterday’s decision\u00a0to scrap electoral reform<\/a>\u00a0was a violation of the prime minister’s\u00a0promise to usher in “open and transparent government.”<\/p>\n “We are extremely disappointed. We had high hopes for this government,” Lavergne said.\u200b<\/p>\n Fair Vote Canada isn’t the only group\u00a0dismayed by Trudeau’s flip-flop.<\/p>\n “The Liberals broke a sacred and simple election promise \u2026 in a cynical move to keep winning undeserved majority governments,” said Unifor’s\u00a0national president, Jerry\u00a0Dias, in a release.<\/p>\n The president of\u00a0Canada’s largest private sector union\u00a0said\u00a0the decision amounts to the breaking of a “sacred and simple” election promise.<\/p>\n “More than just voting for electoral reform, Canadians wanted an end to political games we have seen coming out of Ottawa for far too long,” Dias said. “What they got \u2026 instead was just more of the same.”<\/p>\n Canada, @JustinTrudeau<\/a> just chose his Party’s fortunes over You. He won’t be Making Every Vote Count. See you in 2019. pic.twitter.com\/ShbzoufA10<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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