“I want to protect some electoral districts. I think the minister should help me. I want the government to do what I want.”
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Strong and Free Elections Act
A bill to change some election rules. Members spent most of their time debating whether to limit debate on the bill, and discussing the size and geography of their own ridings.
“I want my riding to not get any bigger. Djibouti is small. My riding is larger than a small country. My colleagues have even bigger ridings. What should we do about this?”
“Thank you for saying my riding is wonderful. Quebec added new politicians to keep ridings small. Will you consider adding more MPs so citizens can talk to their MP?”
“Are you ready to create more ridings to keep them small in population?”
“I'm filling time with kind words. I think police are Good, and I want to talk about an old musician who bought a harmonica. Ignore this useless padding and take pity on me.”
“You missed a real problem. Quebec's cybersecurity lead warned that our digital systems have risks and we don't control most of the infrastructure. I think foreign interference in our elections is still a threat.”
“The Bloc is the real opposition. I want more Bloc representation in Parliament. We should use proportional representation to elect more Bloc MPs.”