tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615716556540686703.post8043275664685025624..comments2023-09-01T00:35:22.182-04:00Comments on Wilf Day's Blog: The Law Commission of Canada’s proportional representation modelWilf Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05546880754492040363noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615716556540686703.post-32239954867446073812016-08-22T23:46:56.588-04:002016-08-22T23:46:56.588-04:00Jennifer, the Law Commission concluded nothing can...Jennifer, the Law Commission concluded nothing can be done about PEI. It has four MPs and its voters are entitled to elect them. If the calculation crossed provincial boundaries "the weight of the results from outside of Prince Edward Island would be greater than results from inside the province."Wilf Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546880754492040363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615716556540686703.post-80009838852223465052015-10-26T09:26:37.979-04:002015-10-26T09:26:37.979-04:00My question has to do with very small regions such...My question has to do with very small regions such as PEI. In the MMP model proposed by the Law Commission, would PEI be its own region? If so, how could you achieve proportional representation there with only 4 seats? My understanding is that the smaller the number of seats in a region, the larger the unintentional threshold, and in a case like PEI with 4 seats the unintended threshold would have to be huge, and would certainly favour only large parties. Or would PEI be part of a larger region including other provinces? Either way seems problematic if you are a resident of a small region like PEI especially, which is an island province, because if you have another province in your region, your regional candidate may not and likely wouldn't even be from your own province which has its own unique needs and concerns. But if there are only 4 seats, proportionality seems far from likely. So I guess my question is what fixes, if any, are included in the Law Commissions proposal for large, unintented thresholds in small regions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02039814103479869129noreply@blogger.com