Queen's Park needs democratic reforms beyond how we vote. Recent events in Scarborough Southwest have demonstrated that there are plenty of other avenues for meaningful democratic reform in provincial politics. The Ontario Liberals held a nomination vote that resulted in MP Nate Erskine-Smith making credible allegations of serious misconduct. The party dismissed those allegations, saying these kinds of things always happen in nomination races. This is one of those cases where, even if we take the defence at face value, it's not much of one: You mean to tell us this is all normal? The hell of it is that anyone who's paid attention to Canadian nomination races knows that the Liberals may even be right — certainly, those of us with memories that go back to 2017 and 2018 recall that the PC party had its own string of ugly nomination contests under then-leader Patrick Brown. Political parties, in this way much like dysfunctional families, have insisted that all these issues are purely internal matters. But while some see these kinds of messes as perennial but otherwise tolerable problems in Canadian politics, there are good reasons to change the status quo. The Hogue Inquiry into foreign interference has highlighted the need for greater transparency and accountability in Canadian politics. Queen's Park's democratic reforms should focus on addressing these issues and ensuring that the province's political system is fair, transparent, and accountable to its citizens.