Mr. Royce Koop at the Electoral Reform Committee

On September 20th, 2016. See this statement in context.

September 20th, 2016 / 2 p.m.

Associate Professor and Department Head, Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba, As an Individual

It's about 5%, yes, exactly. They can increase it by that amount. They can increase it by a lot more or a lot less, depending on the local circumstances, but that's about the upper limit.

If you look at the number of close races in recent Canadian elections, there were a lot of them.

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