Removal of Cape Breton Mi'kmaq communities from federal riding will be fought: MP, chief resolve | SaltWire

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“I need somebody to tell me why Eskasoni was ripped out from the riding”

, with a suggested name of Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish will also include all of the District of Guysborough, all of Richmond, Inverness and Victoria counties and the rural parts of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

Battiste is returning to Ottawa this week and had submitted an appeal to the Electoral Boundaries Committee late last year to review the recommendations that would remove the communities of Eskasoni and Wagmatcook from his riding. Denny is perplexed why the recommendation was made without consultation of the Indigenous people affected. He said he's waiting for an answer.

 

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