It’s election day in Canada and today’s show is an effort to explain why it is hard to cast effective votes in a Canadian election and consider how we might solve that problem in both the immediate and long term.

In the first segment, I explain our voting system and some of its unique problems. In our second segment, Ryan Cambpell of Fair Vote and the Liberal Party of Canada talks about civic literacy issues and the need for reform. In our last segment, we discuss the need for voting reform and the challenges we face with movement veteran John Deverell, former Toronto Star reporter, trade union leader and founding treasurer of Fair Vote Canada.