Thank you.
Unfortunately, the commission can't take population growth into account. For us, the most important thing is taking into account the current population.
Maillardville is the birthplace of British Columbia's francophone community. As you well know, it's home to a great many francophone institutions. Breaking up Maillardville, with part of the community moving to the New Westminster—Burnaby riding and the other part staying in Port Moody—Coquitlam, makes no sense.
The initial proposal was to put New Westminster and Surrey together. That's a bit like putting Laval with Longueuil. It doesn't make sense.
Also, the population reacted very strongly to the second proposal, because it breaks up the neighbourhoods. That is why we are proposing, in all three cases, bringing together the communities of interest of those neighbourhoods, so that Edmonds can stay together, Maillardville can stay in Port Moody—Coquitlam, and Westwood Plateau, Anmore and Belcarra can also stay together.