Loss of eastern seat, division of municipalities under fire in proposed Quebec riding redraw
The province will keep its 78 seats, but commissioners have proposed a rejig that would see eastern Quebec lose one seat, with a new one carved out north of Montreal.
The Bloc Québécois—including MPs Rhéal Fortin, left, and Kristina Michaud, centre—has criticized the Quebec redistribution commission's proposal to merge four ridings in the Gaspé peninsula, including National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier's riding, into three and instead carve out a new riding north of Montreal. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade