Electoral Boundaries Commission will revise report
Posted Jun 18, 2012 04:22:41 PM.
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HALIFAX – An independent commission tasked with drawing Nova Scotia’s electoral boundaries has decided to revise an interim report that the province’s attorney general rejected last week.
Teresa MacNeil, chairwoman of the Electoral Boundaries Commission, says the group made the unanimous decision during a meeting today.
On Friday, Ross Landry wrote a letter to the commission asking it to revise its report that recommended continued protection for minority constituencies in the province.
He said the report did not comply with the legislature’s terms of reference that requires constituencies be within 25 per cent of the average number of electors.
MacNeil says the commission will meet in the coming weeks to revise the report to adhere to those terms of reference.
In a news release, the commission says that it would remain sensitive to the geography, community history and interests of the Acadian and black community in their revisions.
