Protecting their geographic base(s) to ensure a seat or two while other provinces are not protected as to the number of seats in House of Commons.
"...The bill would prevent Quebec’s number of seats from dropping to 77 from its current tally of 78.
The legislation comes days after a commitment by the Liberal government to protect the number of Commons seats in Quebec in the text of a deal with the NDP.
If approved by Parliament, the bill amending the Constitution Act would make sure that the number of MPs from each province does not drop below the number they had before the last election..."
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/liberals-table-bill-to-protect-number-of-quebec-seats-in-parliament-a-condition-of-deal-with-ndp
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