In 2024, 38 Yukoners dived deep into electoral reform
The Yukon Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform (YCAER) was tasked by the Yukon Legislative Assembly with examining and discussing different ways of electing our territorial government and making a recommendation to keep our current voting system or adopt a different one.
Citizen Assemblies are a public learning process and a problem-solving process. Assembly members are not direct representatives like MLAs and MPs. They are private citizens participating in an act of public service, much like those selected for jury duty.
This representative cross-section of the territorial population came together four times to learn, thoughtfully deliberate, and bring forward a recommendation.
A digital copy of the Yukon Citizens’ Assembly’s Final Report and appendices are available for download below.
The work of the citizens’ assembly—the first ever held in the Yukon—is now complete. As per the terms of reference set by the Yukon Legislative Assembly, the citizens’ assembly is now dissolved.
The Yukon Liberal Caucus has announced the intention to hold a plebiscite vote, alongside the 2025 territorial general election, on whether to adopt the assembly’s recommendation of changing the Yukon’s voting system to Ranked Vote.
On Thursday, November 7, 2024, two members and the chair of the Yukon Citizens’ Assembly were invited to the Yukon Legislative Assembly to answer questions from MLAs.
The two-hour exchange can be reviewed in the Nov 7 Hansard transcript and the Nov 7 audio recording (at 02:22:00).
Final Report
- Executive Summary
- Member bios
- Report from members
- Recommendation & Rationale
- Understanding the Citizens’ Assembly process