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Whltby Free Press, Wednesday. February 22,1995 Page 9 Committee recommends reýqv ew of ward bounda ries FROM PAGE 1 ties in population distribution te such a point that, last November, the east ward had nearly twicej the number of voters than the next highest (centre) ward. Whereas the 3,296 eli!ible voters in the north ward in 994 were only slightly more than the 2,896 ini 1972, the number of east ward voters increased five- fold from 4,152 te 21,325 over the same period. But despite the disparities, «good and sufficient reasons» in support of the current boun- daries do eist, the report states. They include the folowing: * the north ward encompasses more than haîf the total area of Whi*tby; * it comprises the inajority of land which made 'up the former Whitby township; * from a histericial perspec- tive, continued representation ]Foirmeir councilior iremanded A former Whlitby councillor who is facing an assault charge will appear in court this Friday. John Doîstra, 39, of Regency Cres., was remanded te Fridays date following.aný appearance in Oshawa provincial court laat week. Doîstra was charged with assault on Feb. 6 after Durham Regional Police responded te a call at a Whitby residence. Police said the incident invol- ved «1grabbing and pushing» bet- ween a man and another person. The all gd victim, who cannot be i enU e, was not seriously hurt, police said. Dolstia represented the centre ward on Town council from 1991 until bis defeat by Shirley Scott in last November's municipal election. from the. former township ls essential to the "political wellbe- ing» of Whitby; *the north ward 15 pre- dominantly rural in nature, while the three southern wards are predominantly urbanr * until recently, growth in the north was stymied . Now that Brooklin bas water and sanitaryv sewer service, a «signif!iant amount of development is expec- ted. Regional councillor Gerry Emm sympathized with Fox, but argued ainest changing the north war boundaries. «There's no doubt growth bas been in the east ward," sad Emm.. «But years ago it was in the west ward, then the centre, then the east and soon it will be in the north »he said.. (Unlike tle ward councillors, Whitby's three regional council- lors and the mayor are elected across the municipa lity.) Fox did not challenge EmMos daim but wondered how long growtÏh will take. "From 1972 te, now, the popu- lation of Brooklin bas virtually remained constant,» said Fox. "When we dont know what the future population will be, we may be cutting off our nose te spite oui' face," he said. "I don't want ta see the north lose representation, but when you have the bottom three wards dividing up 95 per cent of the population and the north sits alone for another 15 years, it's wrong.n Fox said if the Taunton Road boundary must remain, then council b as te make that deci- sion, not staff. «Why are we doing it at the committee level before we have aIl the information before us?» he asked. McKay replied that any num- ber of alternatives are possible, but drastically altering the north ward boundaries could result in an Ontario Municipal Board challenge. "I'd have no problem defending it (Taunton) as the southern boundary, but I will have po blems defending a change,' be said. Councillor Judi Liongfield urged committee to take note of the ward's size.' «There lbas te be some weit put to, the .immensity o Ih ward,» said L-ongtield. 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