Leadership darling gets cranked against plan for more House seats.
by Samantha Bayard
OTTAWA, Straight Goods News, November 1, 2012: Justin Trudeau, the new darling of the Liberal leadership race, spoke to reporters after Question Period for the first time since announcing he was running. In general he has stayed under the radar and avoided taking controversial stands. Today's pronouncement fit the pattern, with Trudeau coming out squarely against the Conservative plan to add 30 more seats to the House of Commons. "There isn’t anyone out there who’s begging for more Members of Parliament to represent them. All they want is to make sure that the percentage of people in the House that represent their region is responsible and respectable," said Trudeau.
Trudeau thinks Parliament doesn't need 30 more seats.
He said he supports Stéphane Dion's plan to allocate more representation to growing areas of Canada that are not currently represented in relation to their population.
About Samantha Bayard
Samantha Bayard is a young journalist living and working out of Ottawa. She has been a contributor to the Straight Goods News family of websites since 2009. She is an avid cyclist and lover of animals.
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