Today’s redistribution bill reflects 21st century Canada

The Charlottetown Accord would have handcuffed the nation for all time to the idiosyncrasies of the 1992 census. It was a close shave. We'll probably never know how close it was.

"I'm not surprised!" crowed Bill Vander Zalm, former British Columbia premier, on the line from his lilac nursery in Ladner. "I saw this coming."

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