POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Big Country, Central Canada, Chinatown

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13 Aug 2012
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Key lesson is that there is not a neutral transmission belt for translating canadian voters to the composition of the house, and in fact changes ppl"s perceptions of canadian political opinions across the country, and exxasperates regionalism, etc. Let"s look at harper"s formula to counteract growing trend of inequities, he gave 3 fastest growing provs more seats, at same time protecting smaller provinces and quebec. effective representation. Within provs, we allow rural and remote areas geographically isolated areas stronger weight in votings than larger urban areas, This is another compromise we have made to rep-by-pop. Our provs have skewed distribution seats, we want smaller seats to have some protections, but within provs, there is inequity as wel. Once we determine seat counts, we have to decide where to draw the boundaries in each prov for each riding. Drawing boundaries can be very political exercise is now done in non-partisan method,

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