Liberals object to PCs seat-slashing plan

Category: Liberals

Liberal Leader Dwight Ball announced that he plans to fight changes to the provinces electoral boundaries commission which would slash 10 seats from the House of Assembly.

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Dwight Ball

Ball said the Progressive Conservative proposal for House of Assembly reform is set up to fail.

The Liberals insist that Labrador must have a minimum of four seats in the House of Assembly, and the general election cannot be moved into 2016.

Ball is also against the idea of simply cutting 10 MHAs from the legislature; he said hed like to see the Electoral Boundaries Commission given a range between 38 and 42 MHAs.

The Liberals wont say if theyll filibuster the legislation, but theyre not ruling that out.

Right now, all options are on the table, Liberal House Leader Andrew Parsons said.

All of this shapes up for a drawn-out fight in the legislature this week, which could run into next week.

Organizations: Electoral Boundaries Commission, Liberal House

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Liberals object to PCs seat-slashing plan

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January 19th, 2015
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