Whatever one thinks of the proposed new Alberta electoral boundaries map — or the one that perhaps should have been implemented in the spring — we should be able to agree that political and partisan concerns must be left out of the process.

Of course, given the fact that elections are contested under these electoral districts, it’s difficult to separate those political and partisan concerns — which is why an independent process exists in the first place.

The government has certainly invited scrutiny and criticism of their approach to all of this, and their unprecedented intervention in the process. Whatever fears or aspirations they harbour about the next election (and subsequent elections) should not be guiding or influencing any of this.

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Of course, the government has denied it is engaging in gerrymandering or otherwise attempting to sway or direct what the final map looks like. Those denials don’t change the fact that the........

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