We looked at a few options. First of all, there was a conference call with the three wardens of Témiscouata, Les Basques and Rimouski-Neigette. We did not want to take a chance. We did not want the name to be just Rimouski if we retained the status quo. The concern would be that the commission members would reject the name and we would go back to the name "Rimouski", the solution that is unacceptable to both Témiscouata and Les Basques.
So we did some brainstorming and we considered several possibilities. We looked at "Bas-du-fleuve" and at "Bas-Saint-Laurent", but the latter was unacceptable because it did not embrace all of the lower St. Lawrence. Portions of the region are not part of the electoral district. The most acceptable name for all three RCMs was really "Centre-du-Bas-Laurent". It is geographically accurate. The name "Bas-du-fleuve" is inappropriate for Témiscouata because it has no relationship to the river. Consequently, they did not identify with that name.