The NDP will debate calling for mandatory voting in federal elections at its Winnipeg convention this weekend, a long-shot move that could make Canada the first G7 nation to compel its citizens to hit the polls.
It’s one of 70 policy proposals that grassroots New Democrats will be mulling over when they gather, according to documents obtained by the Star, that include pitches touching on a wide range of issues, from industrial strategy and Donald Trump’s trade war to overhauling the Senate and electoral reform.
