Quick someone send our MP's a copy of the most recent census

Much has been made of the new class of MP's in the House of Commons, especially those that sit on the NDP side of the House of Commons, some of them a little new to the political process and seemingly, in a few cases a little short on their actual knowledge of Canada as a whole.

This week provided a bit of a mathematical conundrum for Ontario NDP MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan, who in the midst of a speech last week on human rights  seems to have short changed her fellow Canadians by oh, about  25 million or so.

The Ontario NDP seemingly is a little confused about the current population base for the nation, suggesting that we are 9 million strong.

It's said that she mis-spoke and was thinking of the last vote count in the federal election, so we'll give her the benefit of a doubt,  however, even there she's a tad short, so perhaps her research team should head back for some remedial civics lessons.

The most recent federal election found  14.9 million ballots cast, 4 million or so of them designed for NDP candidates.

Regardless, perhaps it's just the new math for the NDP,  subtracting those pesky voters than may be inclined to support Liberals or Conservatives,  plus or minus 5 million for the home team.