Man that seems so Twisted to me. How can you represent people you don’t spend any time around? How can you claim to know their needs if you don’t even live among them?
I’m not Canadian, but I’ve previously known that in the US you only have to live in the same state as the district you’re representing. An argument in favor of that concept (that I admittedly just made up) is that congressional boundaries get rewritten every decade. In theory, this could be used to push a rep out of Congress if someone really wanted to, if they were required to live in district. State boundaries are much more stable so this is pretty good immunity to that.
Are there not residency requirements?
My riding decided to elect someone who lives two cities away, so I guess not at the local level at least
Nope
Man that seems so Twisted to me. How can you represent people you don’t spend any time around? How can you claim to know their needs if you don’t even live among them?
I’m not Canadian, but I’ve previously known that in the US you only have to live in the same state as the district you’re representing. An argument in favor of that concept (that I admittedly just made up) is that congressional boundaries get rewritten every decade. In theory, this could be used to push a rep out of Congress if someone really wanted to, if they were required to live in district. State boundaries are much more stable so this is pretty good immunity to that.