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[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

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.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-mps-leaving-politics-1.7163340

[-] MakingWork@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

You can see my deleted comment? Interesting!

Was that change for gerrymandering to get the NDP out?

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

You can see my deleted comment? Interesting!

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.

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