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Originally Posted by calculoso
It truly depends on what the question is, what the criteria is, and how the process is structured. It doesn't have to be a 50%+1. It could need 75% support. It could need 40% support. It could need approval of 50%+1 overall vote + 50%+1 provinces/territories. There are many potentials.
You're making it sound like a referendum is a strict "must do it this way" structure... it hardly is.
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The Liberals are going want to set the rules to a point where they give their preferred option the best chance to pass.
It seems to me that fundamentally changing how we elect our government should be a constitutional amendment - though I don't know if the electoral process is actually part of the Constitution Acts. But if it is, the referendum would be 50% of the population AND that it passes in at least eight provinces.