Drawing their inspiration from a young Stephen Harper, the Liberals have released their proposal for rebalancing the House of Commons without increasing the number of seats. The numbers, by province, break down as follows (with changes in parentheses).
Drawing their inspiration from a young Stephen Harper, the Liberals have released their proposal for rebalancing the House of Commons without increasing the number of seats. The numbers, by province, break down as follows (with changes in parentheses).
Ontario 110 (+4)
Quebec 72 (-3)
British Columbia 38 (+2)
Alberta (+3)
Manitoba 12 (-2)
Saskatchewan 12 (-2)
Nova Scotia 10 (-1)
New Brunswick 10
Newfoundland 6 (-1)
PEI 4
The real fun of this plan might be trying to figure out which current MPs would lose their seats. Half—17 of 34 seats—of the seats the Liberals currently hold are in provinces that would lose seats under their plan.