I love the idea and even brought it up with my Conservative MP. He said it won't happen and I think this quote from Mr. Dion that I pulled from the article explains it.
“I’ve never met a Quebecker who says ‘Oh, we need to increase the number MPs at the federal level.’ That’s not their priority,” Mr. Dion said. “If there is the same proportion, then they will accept it.”
Under their plan there won't be the same proportion. Quebec will have a smaller proportion of the seats and it will be done by taking three seats away from Quebec. I thought there was an issue with the Senate as well that would come up if they try to reduce seats in the Commons for a province.
The article also doesn't mention PEI. By population they should have one or two seats yet they have 4. If Alberta had the same ratio of MP's to population then we would get 99 seats instead of the current 28.
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