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View Poll Results: Would you support amalgamation?
Yes - Burnaby only 17 10.83%
Yes - Burnaby and New Westminster 31 19.75%
Yes - Burnaby, New Westminster and the NE 6 3.82%
Yes - Burnaby, New Westminster and Richmond 7 4.46%
Yes - All of the above mentioned communities 37 23.57%
No - I like things just the way they are! 50 31.85%
Other (Please specifiy) 9 5.73%
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Old Posted Aug 25, 2026, 10:24 PM
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There's also the question of having a ward system of municipal voting or an at-large system.
An amalgamated entity (even if just a few municipalities) may be too geographically spaced to have an at-large system.
Then you get into polutical dealing with ward councillors voting in blocks with other ward councillors...
If this city dislikes its Colleen Hardwicks and Jean Swansons now, they'll really dislike them when they have safe seats.
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