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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Each province receives a percentage of the seats in parliament in direct proportion to its population -- that's the exact opposite of being skewed. You may not like it, but that doesn't make it "skewed and broken".
Currently a few provinces are either slightly over- or under-represented because electoral districts have not been redrawn recently to reflect population data from the latest census. Alberta, BC, and Ontario have a few seats less than they should; Quebec is the only province with exactly the right amount of seats that their population mandates.
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Once again you assume stupidity in that I do not know how the seats are allocated - but thanks for stating the obvious.
Representation by population does not work with vast regional differences. Saying that it is not skewed is disingenuous when the population distribution is massively skewed. As such, representation by population encourages regional abuse as the lesser populated regions do not have the political clout to matter to the policy makers. The party in power will continue to pander to the centers of population (regardless of which party) and neglect those that cannot sway the vote.
That sounds pretty broken to me.