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Cake day: August 11th, 2023

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  • It is what it is, I’m not complaining, but your MPs represent less people than average. NS isn’t even that disproportionate, PEI and the territories are way worse.

    MPs/100,000 people
    BC 0.86
    AB 0.87
    SK 1.24
    MB 1.04
    ON 0.86
    QC 0.92
    NB 1.29
    NS 1.13
    PE 2.59
    NL 1.37
    YT 2.49
    NT 2.43
    NU 2.71
    Canadian average 0.93

    If you want to argue whether or not population is actually a good measure of over/under representation that’s fine, but you can’t argue some people’s votes count more or less than others.


  • Average population per riding federally is about 108000 (2021 numbers). For Nova Scotia it’s about 88000. AB, BC, and ON are all around 115000 and Quebec is pretty much the only one right on the average.

    Edit: I just did some quick spreadsheet math to see how even it could possibly get with the current total number of seats and making sure the territories each kept their seats: SK -3, NB NL NS PE -2 each, MB -1, NT NU QC YT no change, AB +2, BC +3, ON +7














  • I guess I didn’t make my point clear enough. At this point it’s about as neutral as an empty space, the only way to make it worse is for it to make the mall worse, like having an entrance closed (or if we want to get silly, like having the employees squirt you with water guns while you’re walking past to get to the food court).