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Originally Posted by Duruss
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It hasn't even been a year since the last time the UCP started down this path.
Alberta is meant to get 2 new seats because of our population increase and there are 9 overpopulated ridings: 5 in Calgary, 3 in Edmonton and Airdrie-Cochrane.
So of course,
the UCP proposes a bill to "removes the requirement for divisions to remain within municipal boundaries of Edmonton and Calgary meaning they could have both urban and rural portions. "
Now we get to see this bill come into action as they try and move the lines around and try to drown out urban votes with rural votes.