BurlOak
Senior Member
In the past the ward boundaries were based on the federal or provincial ones. Currently are 23 ridings in Toronto and one of those is split about 50/50 with Pickering so if we had been keeping up with how the province and federal government are drawing the lines there would be 22.5 * 2 = 45 wards (Scarborough currently underrepresented comparatively by 1 councillor). The redistribution happening now at the federal level will change this further to have 25 ridings in the city (an additional 1/2 riding in Scarborough, 1 riding in North York, and 1 downtown) which under the old ward mapping method would yield 50 councillors but perhaps now is the time to go to a councillor system based on one councillor per city federal riding (25 councillors).
There already is a body responsible for setting political boundaries and it make great sense to not create another. 25 councillors makes the most sense - but there are 2 problems.
- This is what Ford proposed and thus it must be opposed.
- I can't imagine a level of government that would have the honour and integrity to reduced their own numbers - essentially they are putting themselves out of work for the betterment of their city.