Yes, thank you very much. I appreciate having the opportunity to elaborate on that.
As I mentioned in my opening remarks, the first proposal made sense for all of Scarborough, specifically for the western side, where it should not be divided in the manner that it was in the second proposal. My suggestion was to reinstate the first boundary maps with minor changes. The minor changes, if you look at the attachments that I have presented to you, have to do with the most eastern side of the border of Scarborough Centre and Scarborough—Guildwood.
In the first set of boundary maps presented in 2012, McCowan Road to Bellamy and Lawrence up to Highway 401 were part of a community called Bendale. It's one of the most historic areas in Scarborough and includes a very famous area called the “Ben Jungle”. In the attachments that I have presented, I have a letter from the City of Toronto historic museum indicating the historic reference and nature of that, as well as the surrounding area, which is the Bendale Thomson park, so there is certainly backing to my argument.
The boundary revision that I am presenting in this counter proposal is to keep that section of Bendale within Scarborough Centre. In order to take something away from Guildwood, I need to return something back to Guildwood, and that's the very corner of my riding currently, which is called South Cedarbrae.
South Cedarbrae is bordered on the north by McCowan Park, a green space with part of a river or stream flowing through it, and it's a natural boundary right now with regard to Elections Canada polls. South Cedarbrae as a whole exists currently in Scarborough—Guildwood. It's also closer to Guildwood proper. South Cedarbrae has a Cedarbrae Mall, the Cedarbrae Collegiate, and so on, so it makes sense to actually reunite that bottom portion with Guildwood. That boundary change has been discussed with the member from Guildwood proper.
The other change that I'm proposing is the boundary change with my south border on Eglinton Avenue with that of Scarborough Southwest. To sum it up in a nutshell, Scarborough Southwest is the furthest riding away from the area that needs to be addressed on the northeast and eastern edge. Scarborough Southwest, which is the riding of my colleague a few seats over, I believe should stay exactly as it is today. Therefore, I propose that the boundaries be reinstated as they currently are.
Those are the two significant changes—well, minor changes—with regard to boundaries.
There is a third proposal that I'm putting forward in that counter proposal that has to do with the naming of the Scarborough East riding.
May I continue?