Well, if I speak about Maillardville, it will be the only community that is removed from the Tri-Cities in relation to representation.
There are economic impacts as well. Maillardville hosts the largest celebration of French culture in all of British Columbia. It's part of Coquitlam. It's marketed that way, so it has economic impacts. Also, it has impacts on the ground. I spoke about our Legion. The Legion is going to be split. The Legion that has traditionally been supported by and supports the south side of Coquitlam will no longer be in the federal riding.
The impacts are huge. This happened right in the middle of Canada summer jobs grant applications. I got calls from people in my community, not-for-profits and charities, who were asking how this was going to affect them and their summer jobs grants.
I think the impacts are wide. Certainly, there was no consultation. There was no one in the south side of Coquitlam who knew that this could possibly happen, that the commission would take a portion of the Tri-Cities and join it to something that is not physically connected. You can't actually walk from the two ridings safely at all.