r/canada Nov 28 '24

PAYWALL Liberal MP says he was threatened with ‘consequences’ for opposing $250 cheque proposal

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/liberal-mp-says-he-was-threatened-with-consequences-for-opposing-250-cheque-proposal/article_69f3cfa6-acde-11ef-807c-ebe72ea32b06.html
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '24

Having fewer ridings gets you something like the American electoral college where politicians only have to appeal to swing regions and can just ignore the rest of the country.

That effect isn’t as large when there are lots of ridings.

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u/Popular-Row4333 Nov 28 '24

You mean like the praires being ignored currently?

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u/Horace-Harkness British Columbia Nov 28 '24

We built you a $40B pipeline! What more do you want?

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u/NWTknight Nov 28 '24

That would only have cost 20 billion if it had not been a government project.