The commission has the point of view that this change is acceptable. As they put it, the inclusion of urban Londoners into the proposed Middlesex—London would add significant “demographic weight” to that riding. I don't believe that it would. I think they would be vastly outnumbered.
The mayor feels the same way. His point of view is that Londoners need to be represented by London-based MPs. We have the fastest-growing community in Ontario and the fourth fastest-growing community in all of Canada. To see 37,000 people put into a predominantly, if not overwhelmingly, rural riding raises real challenges from a representation point of view, which the mayor has put on the record and I'm voicing here.