Former judge to chair panel re-drawing Alberta electoral boundaries - BERITAJA

Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party has tapped a retired judge to chair the province’s caller governmental boundaries panel.

Former provincial justness Brian O’Ferrall will caput a panel, overseen by a UCP-led committee, to redraw a representation marking each electoral ridings crossed the province.

The Opposition NDP questions whether O’Ferrall could beryllium seen arsenic impartial, fixed he has donated money to the UCP.

But the UCP says O’Ferrall was free to participate successful the governmental process successful his individual life, and he could beryllium trusted to beryllium impartial successful heading the panel.

The assignment comes arsenic the state takes a 2nd tally astatine redrawing the boundaries up of the 2027 predetermination successful bid to guarantee location is adjacent practice for agrarian ridings.

The NDP says the UCP is utilizing the agrarian practice rumor arsenic a measurement to redraw aggregate ridings to springiness them an unfair advantage travel predetermination time.