Procedure and House Affairs Committee on March 5th, 2013

[Nathan Cullen, NDP, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC]

I was going to end with that. The name aspect I very much appreciate. I'm trying to get my head around a Lower Mainland riding having 88,000 people. That would seem unusual to any passing observer, even with the fast-growth nature of that. It would be unusual to recommend it just because some of those ridings are so large, and they will be large still and grow quite quickly, like Surrey will, we expect, over the next 20 years.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

Could I make one final comment, then. The request is that we use the municipal boundaries. Right now this is a higher number than this area, and it's faster growing. If PROC believes some of those 35 polls could be put back, and instead of using 208th Street, using 200th Street, maybe that would be a compromise and would solve a portion of the problem.

But the main issue is cultural community interest, and that is why I am making this request here.

[Nathan Cullen, NDP, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC]

Thank you.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Thank you, Mr. Warawa, for coming here today.

We will suspend for a moment. We will be going in camera to discuss a previous report, so I will suspend.

[Proceedings continue in camera]