picard102
Senior Member
This moron spent too much time in Chicago.
.... or not enough?This moron spent too much time in Chicago.
Yeah, ironically, new boundaries would have *helped* him, unless it's some kind of "Crombieburbia" phenomenon he fears.Pretty breathtaking ignorance on Ford's part. Of course, he's trying to justify himself to low-info voters in his base who probably consume too much US political news via FOX, etc.
Ontario had one additional riding added in the federal redistricting. I don't think the riding boundaries changed all that materially as a result. I'm not sure why Ford is so defensive on this matter.Yeah, ironically, new boundaries would have *helped* him, unless it's some kind of "Crombieburbia" phenomenon he fears.
So, w/no change whatsoever, we might have, within a decade, monster electorates akin to some of those in outer Metro Toronto in the 1960s...
I don't think he understands population growth and population shifts, or how and why riding boundaries are "fluid" in a way that municipal boundaries aren't.Ontario had one additional riding added in the federal redistricting. I don't think the riding boundaries changed all that materially as a result. I'm not sure why Ford is so defensive on this matter.
I find it very hard to believe many voters care much what riding they are a part of.Come to think of it, I wonder if he's still teed off over how his father was robbed of a seat through provincial boundary changes in 1999. (Or just generally, "folks" who are "WTF?!? We're in a different riding now?!?" whenever redistribution arrives)
I agree with you that most voters really do not care which riding they are in but I suspect most voters want their vote to be worth as much as anyone's vote - i.e. that ridings all have about the same population. That is why governments have organised 'redistributions. "The Constitution of Canada requires that federal electoral districts be reviewed after each decennial (10-year) census to reflect changes and movements in Canada's population. As a result of the review, electoral district boundaries might be changed and new districts created.I find it very hard to believe many voters care much what riding they are a part of.
In the past there then used to be separate Provincial and Municipal redistributions but the after the last Federal redistribution the Wynne Liberals agreed to follow the Federal maps - with the exception of adding two extra northern Ridings as the size would otherwise have been huge. Then the Ford government decided to change municipal boundaries (at least in Toronto) so that each Federal/Provincial Constituency/Riding would have two Councillors. This makes great sense as it avoids all three levels of government trying to do approximately the same thing but it does mean that if the Federal redistribution splits a local neighbourhood (which probably does not matter too much) then it also splits the Municipal Ward - where this is probably far more important. (For example, the 2012 Federal redistribution split St Lawrence along the line of The Esplanade - which really makes little sense locally. The 2024 Federal redistricting fixes this as the Ward boundary becomes the rail berm rather than The Esplanade. Personally, I really do not care much which Federal or provincial constituency/Riding I am in - I care far more which WARD I am in as municipal governments deal with things that have far more direct/immediate effect on the lives of people. As Ford is not adopting the 2024 Federal redistributing, the Ontario ridings will become increasingly 'unbalanced' and presumably the municipal Ward boundaries will also become less and less 'fair'.