tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post115751665693304701..comments2024-03-24T20:13:39.387+00:00Comments on demography.matters.blog: The Alberta advantageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-1159233368403190162006-09-26T01:16:00.000+00:002006-09-26T01:16:00.000+00:00I didn't recall correctly. British Columbia and A...I didn't recall correctly. British Columbia and Alberta have 4 and 3 seats fewer than they would under a strictly proportional system, but Saskatchewan and Manitoba have 4 and 3 seats more than they would, so the western provinces, taken as a whole, have as many seats as they should.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-1159120478438685812006-09-24T17:54:00.000+00:002006-09-24T17:54:00.000+00:00"Represenation in the House of Commons is not prop..."Represenation in the House of Commons is not proportional to population due to various constitutionally entrenched lower limits to the number of seats given to Eastern provinces."<BR/><BR/>If you do the math on this, it is Ontario that loses the most seats under constitutional requirements. If I recall correctly, Alberta has 1 fewer seat than it would under a strictly proportional system, whileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-1158742788481592892006-09-20T08:59:00.000+00:002006-09-20T08:59:00.000+00:00nice sitenice siteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-1157811207494918982006-09-09T14:13:00.000+00:002006-09-09T14:13:00.000+00:00Represenation in the House of Commons is not propo...Represenation in the House of Commons is not proportional to population due to various constitutionally entrenched lower limits to the number of seats given to Eastern provinces (based on seat distribution after dissolution of 33rd parlaiment and a factor reflecting number of upper house senators for each provinces). This means that some Alberta ridings have more than 120,000 people while some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-1157648678627963852006-09-07T17:04:00.000+00:002006-09-07T17:04:00.000+00:00Thanks, Edward!Albertan separatism is a minority m...Thanks, Edward!<BR/><BR/>Albertan separatism is a minority movement now, but in the early 1980s, after the Trudeau government had--with the support of most of the rest of Canada--imposed an energy regime on Alberta that basically acted as a massive wealth confiscation, Albertan separatism became popular rhetoric. If Canada gets polarized sufficiently, with a particularly dynamic and wealthy Randy McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707497864911987241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-1157644512462887042006-09-07T15:55:00.000+00:002006-09-07T15:55:00.000+00:00It is very interesting. I question a little bit w...It is very interesting. <BR/><BR/>I question a little bit whether or not Alberta becoming another pole in the Canadian political system will rip it apart though. After all, the rise of California and Texas hardly destroyed the American system.<BR/><BR/>Aren't those seperatist movements emphatetically minority POVs though?Will Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562404098136557872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-1157611702354115622006-09-07T06:48:00.000+00:002006-09-07T06:48:00.000+00:00Very interesting post Randy, and very much to the ...Very interesting post Randy, and very much to the point. I'll thow over a link from Afoe at some point.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07431230172942198078noreply@blogger.com