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Wednesday, October 31, 2012 1937 - 2012 · Celebrating 75 Years Orono Weekly Times - 5 BOUNDARIES Continued from page 4 Anderson. That scenario would have Clarington join with Scugog and Brock Township to form a riding with a population of 117,551 well within the 25 percent of the target average. The Mayor of Brock Township is the only one from the region not in agreement. The preferred scenario arrived at by the task force would see Pickering and Uxbridge form a riding, Ajax form its own riding, Whitby and Oshawa divided into three north/south ridings rather than the east west alignment put forward by the Commission. These proposals will come before Regional Council at their October 31st meeting. The Mayor of Brock Township; Terry Clayton is the lone Regional Mayor opposed to the proposed realignment, suggesting the Township should continue to form part of the York/Simcoe riding as recommended by the Commission. The recommended alignment arrived at by the Regional Task Force. Mayor Adrian Foster will be presenting Clarington's preferred alignment at the November 13th public hearing in Oshawa. The Clarington Farmer's Market in Newcastle held their last market of the season on Sunday. From left to right; Josh Canfield, Shelby and Morgan Stapleton worked the Stapleton Farms stall. Full slate of candidates hit campaign trail Five political parties now have candidates running in the November 26 Durham Riding by-election. The byelection was necessitated by the resignation of MP Bev Oda who announced on July 2nd she was stepping down at the end of the month. The Conservatives were first out of the gate when they announced early in September that Erin O'Toole was acclaimed as their candidate. Next was Grant Humes who was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate in early October. Last Tuesday the NDP held their nomination meeting where Larry O'Connor and Kim King vied for the opportunity to represent that party and O'Connor won the nomination. The Christian Heritage Party nominated Andrew Moriarity in August but didn't announce their candidate until mid September. On Monday the Green Party announced their candidate, Virginia Ervin who represented the party in the 2004 and 2006 federal elections. Both Humes and Moriarty ran against Bev Oda in the 2011 election. This is the first campaign for O'Toole; son of John O'Toole Durham's elected representative at Queen's Park. O'Connor served as a NDP MPP in the Bob Rae government and most recently served Brock Township as their Mayor and Regional representative. Jobs and the economy are issues that loom large in the riding according to O'Toole and Humes. The riding could benefit from investments in the nuclear industry according to Humes. O'Connor agrees that there needs to be a conversation around the nuclear industry locally. While the NDP are anti nuclear, O'Connor says he doesn't share that view. O'Toole told The Orono Times that nuclear new build and refurbishment of the Darlington station are very important economic drivers ELECTION see page 6