 Quebec to get 3 more MPs in new distribution Quebec will get three more seats in the House of Commons under proposed legislation to be introduced tomorrow by the Conservatives. Ontario will get 13, Alberta six and B.C. five.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Good.
Now, that's partisan hackery.
37. The House of Commons shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, consist of two hundred and ninety-five members of whom ninety-nine shall be elected for Ontario, seventy-five for Quebec, eleven for Nova Scotia, ten for New Brunswick, fourteen for Manitoba, thirty-two for British Columbia, four for Prince Edward Island, twenty-six for Alberta, fourteen for Saskatchewan, seven for Newfoundland, one for the Yukon Territory and two for the Northwest Territories.(20)
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/Const/page-3.html
I'm glad party policy does not trump the Constitution.
Under the new distribution, the province would have 23.1 per cent of the seats in the House of Commons.
So he gives us some seats instead of nothing so that we are now the exact number of seats in proportion of the population and the west and Ontario gets mostly the same then expected. That's a win-win solution politically for Harper.
Just like all the rest of the bums, no different.
Sucked up to Quebec, and he had the opportunity to fix things a just little. Nice play to buy off the Homeland by giving them more seats than they expected.
Win-win in typical slimeball politician speak perhaps.
I'm glad party policy does not trump the Constitution.
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to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
Seems like pretty fair distribution of representation to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ca ... population
The only gaurantee since Day One is that PEI gets no less than FOUR seats.
BC was promised 7 new seats
Alberta 5
and Ontario 18
to bring the representation by population CLOSER to what Quebec already had.
Quebec deserved fuck all. This is sheer political pandering.
Ontario's used to appeasing Quebec at it's own expense, Alberta's been bought off with an extra seat and the same shit goes on. OF course the Harperites will swear it's different because Harper's doing it instead of Trudeau or Mulroney.
Reform Party oldtimers should be turning in their graves with the shit going on (this and same old Senate stacking) but they get to see bad guys go to jail so to hell with democratic reform/
My personal view is that Quebec should have been given more to keep it around 25%. Particularly with the declining role of the Senate, Quebec needs that "Regional" protection that the Senate (before Harper) used to provide.
It seems pretty fair if you're going to lay the damned case that Quebec is entitled to a guaranteed portion of the House and to hell with representation by population. Something that was REJECTED by Canadians with the Charlottetown Accord.
The only gaurantee since Day One is that PEI gets no less than FOUR seats.
BC was promised 7 new seats
Alberta 5
and Ontario 18
to bring the representation by population CLOSER to what Quebec already had.
Quebec deserved fuck all. This is sheer political pandering.
Ontario's used to appeasing Quebec at it's own expense, Alberta's been bought off with an extra seat and the same shit goes on. OF course the Harperites will swear it's different because Harper's doing it instead of Trudeau or Mulroney.
Reform Party oldtimers should be turning in their graves with the shit going on (this and same old Senate stacking) but they get to see bad guys go to jail so to hell with democratic reform/