North Vancouver to become Burnaby North- Seymour. Say it isn't so!

Split up first nations reserves on the North Shore? Join two communities (North Burnaby and North Vancouver east of Lynn Creek) that have very different demographics? Is there any sense of connection between North Burnaby and Seymour except the Iron Workers Bridge or is that actually a barrier?  Is access to your Federal MP enhanced by this proposal? Many speakers at the inaugural hearing last night at the Holiday Inn said the Commission is not paying enough attention to community and too much to the 104,000 quotient per electoral boundary and geography.

Proposed Federal redistribution                                          Proposed and Existing Feearl Boundaries

Burnaby North—Seymour – Proposed Boundaries

(Population: 103,707)

Consisting of those parts of the Greater Vancouver Regional District comprised of:

• (a) that part of the City of Burnaby lying northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of said city with Lougheed Highway (Highway No. 7); thence generally easterly along said highway to the easterly limit of said city;
• (b) that part of the District Municipality of North Vancouver lying easterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northerly limit of said district municipality with Lynn Creek; thence generally southerly along said creek to the easterly limit of the City of North Vancouver; thence southerly along said limit to the southerly limit of the District Municipality of North Vancouver; and
• (c) Seymour Creek Indian Reserve No. 2 and Burrard Inlet Indian Reserve No. 3.

North Vancouver – Existing Boundaries

Consisting of those parts of the Greater Vancouver Regional District comprised of:

• (a) that part of Subdivision A lying easterly of the Capilano River and westerly of Indian Arm and the Indian River;
• (b) the District Municipality of North Vancouver, excepting that area lying southerly and westerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of the City of North Vancouver with the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway No. 1, Upper Levels Highway); thence westerly along said highway to the westerly limit of the District Municipality of North Vancouver in the Capilano River; thence generally northerly along said limit, said river and Capilano Lake to the westerly limit of said district;
• (c) the City of North Vancouver; and
• (d) Mission Indian Reserve No. 1, Seymour Creek Indian Reserve No. 2 and Burrard Inlet Indian Reserve No. 3.