You come with statistics on the entire Canadian population, and it seems to me that this is what needs to be done. However, in its count, the government excludes the three territories. It is therefore basing itself on the population of the provinces in order to distribute the seats amongst the provinces. The only statistical effect of this methodology is that it deprives Quebec of one seat.
Do you think that there is a statistical reason—and not a political one—justifying the fact that the government, in its own count, establishes the proportion for the provinces without considering the three seats from the three territories?