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Old 12-17-2008, 02:20 PM   #1
Finner
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Default Ontario to Gain Seats in Parliament

From : http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl.../politics/home

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TORONTO — Ontario will no longer be shortchanged under the Harper government's plan to add new seats to the House of Commons, says Premier Dalton McGuinty.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has agreed to revise his proposed legislation, which is designed to reflect population growth across Canada by adding new seats to the 308 currently in the Commons, Mr. McGuinty said on Thursday.
“I spoke to Harper about this, and I think we fixed it,” Mr. McGuinty said at a year-end news conference.
He did not elaborate on exactly how many seats would be added in Ontario under the proposed changes but said, “we will get the necessary proportionality.” That translates into another 21 seats in Ontario, bringing the tally for the province to 127, a government official confirmed.
Nothing about Alberta but I would assume we would get more as well.
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