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Part of Oakville district could fold into Halton riding Continued from page 1 3 · Wednesday, August 29, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com firmed that she would run for re-election in the proposed new federal district. The Halton riding, which would consist of north Oakville and a portion of Burlington, would then have to elect a new MP. Under the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, the commission's aim in redrawing boundaries is to divide the province into electoral districts that reflect the average population as closely as possible. The act dictates the population of a district should remain within 25 per cent of the average, once consideration is given to communities of interest or identity, and historical and geographic factors. The commission can move away from the 25 per cent guideline to deal with any extraordinary circumstances. It will make its final decisions about where the electoral boundaries will be located after consultation -- giving the public and Members of Parliament an opportunity to express their views and participate in the process. A public hearing regarding the boundary redistribution is scheduled to take place in Oakville at the Holiday Inn & Suites, 2525 Wyecroft Rd., on Oct. 30 at 1 p.m. CHANGES?: The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario unveiled a new electoral map proposal, Monday, for consideration at public hearings this fall. The current Oakville federal riding is depicted in grey, while the proposed change (in orange) would see the portion of the town's district bounded by Upper Middle Road, Eighth Line, Dundas Street andWinston Churchill Boulevard fold into the Halton electoral district. OAKVILLE BEAVER GRAPHIC Possible college strike could affect more than 1,000 Sheridan profs By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Ontario college faculty members are requesting a strike vote after negotiations stalled between the union and colleges. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) has asked the Ontario Labour Relations Board to schedule the strike vote for Sept. 6. If approved by union members, the negotiating team would be given a strike mandate to take to college management. The current collective bargaining agreement between 24 Ontario colleges and more than 10,000 faculty members, including counsellors, instructors, professors and librarians, expires Friday. The strike vote and potential job action would affect 515 full-time professors at Sheridan College and another 450-500 part-time (12 hours/week) professors. Negotiations between the two sides began in June of this year; however, the union claims management hasn't been serious about negotiating. "The different face-to-face sessions in the hotels where they meet, management just kept saying `no' to anything we put on the table and they wouldn't put anything on the table, except for one thing. They wanted a new category of a nursing teacher," said Jack Urowitz, president of OPSEU Local 244, which represents the Sheridan College faculty. "They didn't actually give us financial figures -- telling us that they're going to give us zero and zero, just like all the other teachers -- until Aug. 14. That was kind of reprehensible, in my opinion. They should have started that bargaining back in June, not two weeks before the contract expires." However, the chief executive officer of the College Employer Council, Don Sinclair, which is bargaining on behalf of the colleges, said holding back the financial portion of negotiations is a normal process. Instead, the council tried to deal with non-monetary items early in the bargaining process. "We had told the union back in July that we probably wouldn't be tabling anything until probably August because we wanted to deal with as many of the non-monetary items as possible." He added that the period between Aug. 14 and Aug. 31 is enough time to get a deal done. According to a news release from OPSEU, the union hopes a strike mandate will push management to end its delays in negotiations. The negotiations have already gone to conciliation; however, no report has come from the conciliator yet. 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