Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (Ontario)

British Columbia's sequel, with a starker result. Ontario drew 103 citizens at random in 2006, one from each provincial constituency, and their final report in May 2007 recommended mixed member proportional representation, a choice they made by 94 votes to 8. At the October 2007 referendum, 63 percent of voters chose to keep first past the post. The cabinet had also set a steep bar: 60 percent overall plus majorities in at least 64 of 107 districts, tougher than a legislative committee had proposed. Read it next to British Columbia to see how much depends on the public campaign that follows an assembly, not only on the quality of its report.