Government proposal to increase House seats won’t fly in Quebec

Conservative MP Scott Reid says the principle of representation by population would be the main reason for the bill.

It hasn't been introduced yet, but a government proposal to increase seats in the House of Commons from 308 to 342 may not pass even though the revised version brings Ontario closer to the representation by population that it was calling for in previous incarnations of the bill. If the bill goes ...

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