A surfeit of MPs

摘要

Back in 1994, when he was a newly elected member of Parliament for the Reform Party and keen to change the way politics was done in Ottawa, Stephen Harper argued that Canadians were among the most over-represented people in the world and that the number of seats in the House of Commons should be reduced. As prime minister of a Conservative government with majorities in both houses of Parliament, he seems to have changed his mind. The Fair Representation bill, which the government introduced last month and is pushing to get through Parliament before Christmas, will add 30 mps to the tally of 308.