Written by Jesse Hitchcock  In ecology, we talk about ecosystems - groups of organisms living together and interacting with their environment. Ecosystems are perfectly engineered...

Guest Blog by Bill Black A core question when considering proposals for new voting systems is whether majority governments are good or bad. I think they...

Written by Michael Chender Changing something as embedded as our voting system is a big undertaking.  In fact, as any of us who have worked...

Dr. Ingrid Waldron was recently named the Advocate of the Year at the Better Politics Awards for her work fighting environmental racism in Nova...

This editorial was written by Mark Coffin, and originally featured in The Chronicle Herald, Opinions section. See the original here.  “A new politics” was the first...

We launched the Make Democracy Better project to build a space – on the ground, and online - where people could contribute to a discussion...

Written by Mark Coffin Originally published in the Globe and Mail on December 4th, 2013.  The House of Commons is one of the most expensive and least...

Written by Mark Coffin. Originally published in the Chronicle Herald.  If politics worked more like the whale watching business, more of us would want to...

Analysis of election results reveals deep problems with first-past-the-post electoral system. View PDF version (recommended). A detailed analysis of the provincial election results suggests that...

Written by Mark Coffin Tomorrow, thousands of Nova Scotians will head to the polls. Despite popular belief, we will not be electing a government. Instead,...