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Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission For Ontario

Boundary Changes Dept: The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario posted the proposed boundary changes on its website on Monday. They include 15 new seats resulting from legislation passed in 2011 that expanded the size of the House of Commons, according to The Star. Of the 15 new proposed ridings across the province, Peel and York regions will each get three new additional ridings, Toronto and Durham Region two within the GTA , and Halton one and in the proposed rejig of riding boundaries for the province, Toronto and its suburbs are set to get almost a dozen new seats. Ontario s share will shoot up to 121 seats from 106. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.