he said, adding that he’d like to see the city turned into its own standalone riding
The city has a population of about 80k
A riding has roughly 120k.
The article fails to mention the 2 only relevant points to what one of the speakers says.
So one seat at parliament for all those people? When there are ridings with a tiny fraction of that with the same power?
Yoga is correct - the average riding is 100-120k people. The smallest riding in BC currently is 89k, so unless they were going to give BC more ridings it makes sense.
The only ridings which are significantly below that mark are:
- Labrador, it’s an entire island
- The territories, with 1 riding each
Labrador is perhaps debatable because Newfoundland has other ridings it could join, but I think the case for having a riding cross a strait is much weaker than splitting a city in a remote area. This is not unique to Prince George, and sharing a riding with people 600km away is just reality when you’re talking about remote, sparsely populated areas.
Ah OK I see.
