Number of electoral districts being reduced, from 10 to nine means rural communities are being lumped in with larger centres and a reduced voice in Parliament for northern Ontario, says MP Carol Hughes
Late last week, the final report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario was released.
While electoral districts across the north have been redistributed, the clear outlier in terms of how things are changing is Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing. With the commission’s final proposal, the electoral district of Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing will be completely erased. Those who live within the riding currently would be represented in new ridings with much larger centres.
Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing is, by design, a rural riding, representing small towns, villages, First Nations, and Francophone communities. It was designed to offer people strong political representation, and to articulate their unique needs and aspirations in Parliament. This readjustment may risk alienating people in those communities whose needs and concerns are overshadowed by the interests of more populous urban centres.
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