The N.W.T. is about to embark on what could become the most significant reform to its democratic process in decades, according to CBC. However, many questions about its political system remain unsettled since they were first raised decades ago.

The year-long Electoral Boundaries Commission normally rules every eight years on the size of the territory's legislature and the boundaries of its electoral districts. This time around, its mandate is expanded to include a review of how the premier is selected and how cabinet is composed.

Since 1999, convention has held that cabinet be composed of two members from the southern N.W.T., two from the North, and two from Yellowknife.

This tradition recently came under fire and there is a simmering debate in N.W.T. politics likely to be reignited by the commission: whether Yellowknife is underrepresented in territorial politics.