New legislation for House of Commons
Posted Apr 1, 2010 11:09 am.
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The federal government has introduced legislation to add 30 new MP’s to the House of Commons.
The Commons would grow to 338 seats, with Ontario getting 18 new MP’s, British Columbia getting seven and Alberta getting five.
The representation for the other provinces will not change.
The Minister of State for Democratic Reform says the idea is to give greater representation to the faster-growing regions of the country.
The number of seats in The Commons has grown in fits and starts since Confederation when there were only 181 MP’s.
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