He specifically cited the coming changes to his riding as part of the reason for his retirement. His riding of Timmins-James Bay is set to expand by more than 20,000 square kilometres, encompassing many new communities and being renamed Kapuskasing-Timmins-Mushkegowuk in the next federal election.
I replied through the notification, so maybe there’s a race condition?
Was that change for gerrymandering to get the NDP out?
Eh. I think (but I’m not sure) that Canada’s electoral boundary commissions are fairly arms length. I suspect it’s more about getting a larger population for the riding, but I haven’t looked into it.
If anything was fishy, I expect Charlie Angus would have raised the issue.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-mps-leaving-politics-1.7163340
You can see my deleted comment? Interesting!
Was that change for gerrymandering to get the NDP out?
I replied through the notification, so maybe there’s a race condition?
Eh. I think (but I’m not sure) that Canada’s electoral boundary commissions are fairly arms length. I suspect it’s more about getting a larger population for the riding, but I haven’t looked into it.
If anything was fishy, I expect Charlie Angus would have raised the issue.