In my case, in Halifax West, again, what was initially proposed is totally different from what the outcome is. What was initially proposed, people were ready to live with.
I want to agree with my colleague. When you propose big changes like this, do it at the beginning so that people realize and are able to make submissions. There wasn't one in-person submission in Halifax or Halifax West, which, population-wise, is the largest riding.
Particularly to Mr. Perkins and St. Margarets Bay, I was shocked by how many people have contacted me. I've heard from the Head of St. Margaret's Bay/Boutilier's Point Recreation Association, the Bay Community Centre, the HRM district 13 councillor, the Seniors Association of St. Margaret's Bay board president, the St. Margaret's Bay Chamber of Commerce president, the Twin Bays Coalition, the Healthy Bays Network chair, the community enterprise centre's president, the community enterprise centre's volunteers and the St. Margarets Bay tourism association. I've had two letters. I've heard from Gary Burchell, lobster fisherman and boat tour operator; Rob Futter, resident of Glen Margaret; Yvon and Wendy Madore; the Indian Point Young Naturalist Club; the St. Margaret’s Bay Stewardship Association; residents of Glen Haven; the St. Margaret's Bay Housing Coalition—several people there—and Bluenose Engineering. I can go on.
Some of them told me in the email—I don't know these people and I don't know the groups, because I don't represent that area—that they've copied Mr. Perkins, so he knows.
This is all coming down now. They told me they've taken an ad and put it in...I don't know what local paper you have, because I'm not in that community. They're letting their community know, because they are scared to death.
According to the letters I received, they want to be in that community. They call themselves South Shore—St. Margarets, and the St. Margarets people want to stay in South Shore—St. Margarets.