Ron Dyck19h ago

Lede: A minority report by UCP-appointed commissioners would slice Alberta cities into pizza pies of ‘rurban’ ridings

The ink’s barely dry on the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission report and it may be in trouble https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/the-inks-barely-dry-on-the-alberta

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The ink’s barely dry on the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission report and it may be in trouble

A minority report by UCP-appointed commissioners would slice Alberta cities into pizza pies of ‘rurban’ ridings

Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga
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@dyckron Sk had rurban ridings that gave advantage to rural ridings. Conservatives road and gamed this for decades until electoral commission recognized it as unrepresentative (and thus undemocratic). The conservative MP complained loudly. Their edge in rural allowed them to ignore urban and nurse the divide ..

https://www.producer.com/daily/conservative-mps-lose-fight-over-sask-electoral-boundaries/

https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/saskatchewans-urban-rural-divide-is-a-lot-older-than-this-election/
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