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OTTAWA — The Liberal government is breaking its promise to change Canada’s voting system, though just yesterday it was stringing along opposition parties with hopes for collaboration.

New Democrat Nathan Cullen met with new minister Karina Gould Tuesday, and told the National Post she seemed “keen” and open to collaboration with all parties. She told him, he said, that she was considering his idea for parties to co-draft electoral reform legislation.

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At the time, he said it might be a “good sign” that Gould seemed so “curious” about other parties’ positions.

Less than a day later, Cullen was standing outside the House of Commons calling her boss Justin Trudeau an outright liar.

Without warning Wednesday, Liberals dropped the bomb, in Gould’s ministerial mandate letter, that they won’t change how Canadians vote — despite a black-and-white election promise and months of studies and consultations.