Probably depends on where you reside in the country because some regions are definitely overrepresented when looking at seats per capita and some regions are underrepresented when looking at the same metric.Â
Especially when you look at Supreme Court seat allocation by region than Western Canada is severely underrepresented.
Edit: after reading the article it surprised me that Atlantic Canada supported a fairer distribution of seats as much as they do because they would be some of the most impacted people by it. Â
WattleWaddler on
66% nationally in favour of proportional representation? This is amazing news. Is electoral reform possible?
Personally, I favour the MMP system that New Zealand and Australia use, although really ANY electoral reform from the current system would be good.
Commercial_Raise3378 on
However, it doesn’t matter how many people are in the area if the party the mp was elected to is doing party lines and not actually listening to, and advocating for, what the people in the area need.
man__i__love__frogs on
Rural-Urban voting was designed for Canada.
feb914 on
How come Atlantic Canadians both feel under represented in federal parliament while wanting an equal population per riding? They’re currently over represented in federal parliament relative to their population size. Making it equal population per riding will make them lose seat share than now.Â
NavyDean on
Who is honestly arguing that the Americam system with unproportional representation is better?
Ridings should be 100k to 120k people max.
mmckaig on
Any area of separatist Quebec shouldn’t have a say about Canada’s future.
senturion on
Even if seats in the house were properly distributed, the East would still hold about 65% of the seats.
Any losses in the Atlantic provinces would be more than made up for by gains in Ontario. Alberta and BC getting more seats would not be enough to offset this.
The problem is math. It’s not discrimination, it’s not unfair, it’s not us vs them. It’s just math.
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Probably depends on where you reside in the country because some regions are definitely overrepresented when looking at seats per capita and some regions are underrepresented when looking at the same metric.Â
Especially when you look at Supreme Court seat allocation by region than Western Canada is severely underrepresented.
Edit: after reading the article it surprised me that Atlantic Canada supported a fairer distribution of seats as much as they do because they would be some of the most impacted people by it. Â
66% nationally in favour of proportional representation? This is amazing news. Is electoral reform possible?
Personally, I favour the MMP system that New Zealand and Australia use, although really ANY electoral reform from the current system would be good.
However, it doesn’t matter how many people are in the area if the party the mp was elected to is doing party lines and not actually listening to, and advocating for, what the people in the area need.
Rural-Urban voting was designed for Canada.
How come Atlantic Canadians both feel under represented in federal parliament while wanting an equal population per riding? They’re currently over represented in federal parliament relative to their population size. Making it equal population per riding will make them lose seat share than now.Â
Who is honestly arguing that the Americam system with unproportional representation is better?
Ridings should be 100k to 120k people max.
Any area of separatist Quebec shouldn’t have a say about Canada’s future.
Even if seats in the house were properly distributed, the East would still hold about 65% of the seats.
Any losses in the Atlantic provinces would be more than made up for by gains in Ontario. Alberta and BC getting more seats would not be enough to offset this.
The problem is math. It’s not discrimination, it’s not unfair, it’s not us vs them. It’s just math.