Dear Editor Re: Trending comments, Dec. 16.
How does BB49 figure that proportional representation will result in larger numbers of MPs? Canada has 335 members of Parliament, and those 335 seats would be divided amongst the political parties, based on the percentage of votes each party garnered.
As far as I’m concerned we have at least 180 too many Members of Parliament, especially considering Canada’s rather small population size, in comparison with our southern neighbors, and our numbers of politicians rivalling the numbers in the United States. If a country the size of the U.S.A. can have equal numbers of politicians from each State, regardless of size or population, it baffles me why Canada needs to be so over-governed.
Wayne McQueen, Burnaby
