Gerrymandering-Wahlkarte wird die Demokratie in Alberta untergraben

The thing is the maps were already pre-manipulated by the UCP in their favour due to the restrictions they put on the EBC. As this article points out, the majority of population growth in Alberta over the last decade has been in Edmonton, Calgary, and a few other suburban areas. This means that the new map should reflect a greater increase in urban representation while rural AB remains mostly the same. By only allowing the EBC to increase the seats by 2, however, and not allowing any changes to urban/rural balance, the UCP essentially ensured that the new map would not properly reflect this change in order to maintain their rural advantage. But apparently just keeping their advantage is not good enough, and they are now using the problems with the EBC map that they deliberately caused as an excuse to go full Republican.

Nearing the one-decade anniversary of its creation, the UCP has now reached the cusp of its transformation into an autocratic authoritarian regime which is conservative in name only, and it’s time acknowledge that this country is experiencing democratic backsliding because, newflash for the rest of Canada, it won’t end with Alberta if the rest of the provinces and Ottawa don’t come out in full force against this. Every other major conservative party will use this as a playbook if the UCP get away with it.

That’s the UCPs plan… Cons can’t seem to win on the merits of their arguments so they try to rig the game.

That is the point.

Yes and what’s your point?

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Proportional representation would make gerrymandering ineffective. We need PR both federally and provincially!