The campaign to elect British Columbia’s next government begins today. The polls suggest the New Democrats might win in a landslide, but there are n...

With a large geographic area, difficult travel, and a high population, the ability of a rural MP from B.C. to do a good job of representing their area is severely hampered. MPs from rural B.C. are more likely to burn out or to not do their job well than anywhere else in Canada. If there were more rural B.C. MPs issues like the mountain pine beetle, treaty negotiations, pipelines, and environmental assessments would have a higher profile in federal politics.

B.C. will get six new seats in the next federal election because of its growing population, raising the total number of electoral districts in the pro...