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getbak · 11-18-2011, 11:10 AM

Personally, I'd like to see the number of seats set at 300 with the distribution revised at set intervals to reflect changes in the distribution of population.

The problem, as you pointed out, is that reducing any province's number of seats would require a change to the Constitution, and we all know how well that goes in this country.

Without a Constitutional change, you can't reduce any province's number of seats in the House; so, the only way to bring the distribution of seats into a more equitable alignment is to add seats for the under-represented provinces.

11-18-2011, 11:10 AM	#6
getbak Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	Personally, I'd like to see the number of seats set at 300 with the distribution revised at set intervals to reflect changes in the distribution of population. The problem, as you pointed out, is that reducing any province's number of seats would require a change to the Constitution, and we all know how well that goes in this country. Without a Constitutional change, you can't reduce any province's number of seats in the House; so, the only way to bring the distribution of seats into a more equitable alignment is to add seats for the under-represented provinces. __________________ Turn up the good, turn down the suck!