Explain to me all this Quebec thing.

[RedFred]

Just a quick note on Commons representation.

Every four years we have a census and the gov't will look at provincial migration and adjust the seats accordingly if they think the change is big enough to redraw electorial districts. They shoot for 100,000 pop. per riding. IIRC they decided not to adjust last election. If they had Ontario, Alberta and BC would have had more seats. But again, iirc, it was like six or seven seats in total.

Senate representation is not based on provincial population ratios. It is almost too easy to criticise the Upper House for any number of other reasons. I think it is too far gone. Instead of reforming it, just abolish it.

[Guynemer]

I thought you already had.

After all, here in Michigan we:

Play hockey.
Drink beer. Lots of beer.
Regard those who live to the south of us (****ing Ohioians) as uncouth, uneducated, unstable morons.

[KrazyHorse]

They adjust based on the 10-year Census, I thought. Alberta gets 3 more seats, Ontario 2 more and there are another 2 more somewhere. BC?

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Guynemer
I thought you already had.

After all, here in Michigan we:

Play hockey.
Drink beer. Lots of beer.
Regard those who live to the south of us (****ing Ohioians) as uncouth, uneducated, unstable morons.

I thought I remembered there being a Michigan Militia. Not very Canadian of you. Somebody might get hurt.

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


I thought I remembered there being a Michigan Militia. Not very Canadian of you. Somebody might get hurt.

They're not around anymore. After all, once Clinton left office, what was the point?

[KrazyHorse]

Ok. You're in.

The folks in Washington wouldn't care, would they?

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Ok. You're in.

The folks in Washington wouldn't care, would they?

Are you kidding? Bush hates us. Not only did we vote for Gore, we even voted for McCain in the Republican primary. He might even throw in Wisconsin and Minnesota to sweeten the deal.

[Tingkai]

Ya, lets get Mich. Then a Canadian team would have a great chance of winning the Cup.

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by Tingkai
Ya, lets get Mich. Then a Canadian team would have a great chance of winning the Cup.

Oh come on, Toronto has a shot in the East. Will CuJo be getting back anytime soon? If not, don't discount Montreal... no other team is as strong between the pipes.

[Tingkai]

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Originally posted by Asher

No, Canada paid for it. Federally. Quite, quite different.

Entirely different.

Given the population split at the time, Quebec and Ontario were the ones who paid for it since there was virtually no revenues coming out of Alberta.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Guynemer


Oh come on, Toronto has a shot in the East. Will CuJo be getting back anytime soon? If not, don't discount Montreal... no other team is as strong between the pipes.

Well, at least it looks like we're in the playoffs. We had to put together an ongoing 5-game winning streak to do it, but the Caps are going down!

[RedFred]

Looking back through this thread I see too much picking on Alberta and Quebec.

What about Saskatchewan. They refuse to spring ahead tonight. Freaks.

[KrazyHorse]

At least they gave us Medicare. What has Alberta done for me?

[RedFred]

Actually I hate springing ahead. Doesn't seem fair. But I like falling back.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Tingkai
Given the population split at the time, Quebec and Ontario were the ones who paid for it since there was virtually no revenues coming out of Alberta.

The difference was funding a national railroad to get reliable transportation to the other half of the country is entirely different than stealing provincial revenues from resources from one province while letting the others milk their other resources.