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Originally Posted by mattgrande
I don't think it will change much where there's incumbents, but it's the results like Ward 7's (and Ward 2's circa 2010) that it aims to fix.
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But it's the incumbents (i.e. sitting councillors) who have been tasked with implementing this change, and two years in, even the newbies resemble barnacles. Consider the not-unrelated "consultation" around ward boundaries.
See
"[Ward 13 Councillor Arlene VanderBeek] suggested it’s pure speculation to guess what the committee’s recommendations might be, but said her fellow council members are only committed to conducting the review and not to making any changes."
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At the end of the day, says [Ward 9 Councillor Doug] Conley, it will be council that decides whether or not to change the ward boundaries. “Nobody likes change, especially big change,” he said.
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Originally Posted by mattgrande
Getting a seat with essentially 20% of the vote is ridiculous.
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Even worse:
5% of eligible voters.