Ahhh, that makes sense. I’m American and hadn’t read/heard about that part of Canadian politics in awhile, so I appreciate the response!

That discrepancy hit me as well. How are the seats determined?

That’s exactly where I took my argument with 2 coworkers last week. I tried multiple methods to appeal to empathy or logic, but both failed. So I just declared that we aren’t changing any policies with our discussions so maybe we just focus on issues that have a more direct impact on our lives, like worker’s rights, healthcare, environmental issues, etc.