Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Baillie Tells Dexter Government To Not Meddle With Constituency Review

Photo: Jamie Baillie
Jamie Baillie
An independent commission tasked with drawing new Nova Scotia electoral
boundaries will hold its second round of public meetings starting today in Port Hawkesbury. The commission was forced to revise its interim report last month after the province's attorney general said it did not comply with the legislature's terms of reference. The commission's revised report calls for the elimination of three ridings and the creation of two new constituencies for a total of 51 seats, down from 52. The province's PC leader Jamie Baillie is again calling on the government to back off and stop pressuring the commission to determine the future of ethnic and cultural ridings.



The public meetings will be held in various communities across the province until August 16th, with the final report due August 31st.