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Heads up, Minister Maryam Monsef: Are you having trouble finding the perfect moment to introduce your motion to set up a special committee on electoral reform?

You know, the one that every single opposition party, not to mention any number of editorialists and political commentators, has roundly condemned as a transparent attempt to rig the outcome in favour of your ostensibly preferred option of ranked ballots?

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If so, fret not: the New Democrats are ready and willing to help you cross that particular item off your pre-summer House to-do list and rebuild a little bit of cross-party good will at the same time.

On Thursday, NDP democratic reform critic Nathan Cullen will put forward a counterproposal from his party, the substance of which is virtually identical to the motion previously put on notice by the government, but with one key twist: Instead of allocating committee spots according to the percentage of seats each party holds in the House, those slots would be divvied up according to the share of the vote received during the last election.