The Italian Cultural Centre is at 3075 Slocan Street. It is nine blocks. Summaries of academic papers will be submitted to both Policy Options and the Canadian Parliamentary Review. We will by e-mail forward papers to the registrants on request. There is one hour of panel speeches, followed by a Forum.
Electoral reform is one of the topics.
In 1855 Andrae in Denmark was the first to propose a more proportional voting system in the form of the Single Transferable Vote. Today most democracies have some element of proportional representation as part of their electoral system. Notable exceptions are the US and Canada. Gerry Kristianson reports his appreciation for democracy in, of all places, the former Soviet Union. My trip to Russia, and previous experience in Slovakia and Bosnia, came as part of Canada's efforts to support the growth of democratic institutions in the former Soviet Bloc.