It’s that time again when the number of seats in the Commons must be changed to reflect the population changes. Ontario will increase by 13 seats, down by five from what it was supposed to have. British Columbia will receive five more seats, down from its original allotment of seven. Alberta will increase its count [...]
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SHOULD QUEBEC GET MORE SEATS?
October 19, 2011SHOULD QUEBEC HAVE MORE SEATS IN OTTAWA?
September 9, 2011Numbers of seats in Parliament are related to a province’s population. Following that principle three provinces – Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta – will receive more seats. So to accomodate them the Harper government is planning to increase the number of seats in the Commons from 308 to 338. This creates an anamoly. It means [...]
SHOULD ELIZABETH MAY BE EXCLUDED?
April 1, 2011The television consortium that runs the national debates in this election have excluded the Green leader, Elizabeth May from participating. Even though May is a national leader who is running candidates all over the country. Ironically, Gilles Duceppe is in the debates even though the Bloc is only running candidates in Quebec. Is this fair? [...]
