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Page 12, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, April 18, 1984 Ontario Electoral Boundaries Commission NOTICE OF PUBLIC SITTING Proposed Provincial Electoral Boundaries" A public sitting of the Ontario Electoral Boundaries Commission will be held in Thunder Bay at the Valhalla Inn, 10:00 a.m.., Thursday, May 24th, 1984 for the proposed electoral districts of Kenora, Lake Nipigon, Rainy River, Thunder Bay-Fort William and Thunder Bay-Port Arthur. Opposite is the proposal for the electoral district of Lake Nipigon. The complete text of the Commission's proposals and the resolution of the Legislative Assembly appear in the Ontario Gazette of Feb. 11, 1984. Rules of procedure governing public sittings of the Ontario Electoral Boundaries Commission 1983 for the hearing of representations or objections by interested par- ties, in accordance with the resolution of the Legislative Assembly. 1. Notice of public sittings of the Commission shall be published in the Ontario Gazette together with the proposals of the Commission for the redistribution of electoral boundaries at least 42 calendar days prior to the public sittings to which the proposals apply. 2. At any public sitting of the Commission, representations or objections from interested parties will be heard and considered to the extent that they apply to the Commission's proposals relating to the electoral districts for which the sitting is held; any decision on relevance shall rest with the Commission. 3. Representations or objections may be made orally or in writing, or both. 4. Subject to Rule 6, the Commission will hear representations or objections on- ly from tnose interested individuals or groups who have signified their intention to make them by lodging written notice with the Commission within 23 calendar days from the date of the publication of this advertisement and such notice shall state the place and time of the sitting at which they propose to be heard. 5. Representations or objections on behalf of associations or groups shall be made by one person. 6. The Commission in its discretion may receive and consider at any public sit- ting relevant representations from any Member of the Legislature who appears in person, whether or not the Member has complied with the requirement for notice in Rule 4. 7. If it appears to the Commission that all the relevant representations and objec- tions cannot be made during the time allotted for public sittings in any advertised place, sittings may be adjourned or postponed and the Commission shall give such oral or written public notice of their resumption as it considers adequate in the circumstances. 8. If no notice is lodged in accordance with Rule 4, a sitting may be cancelled at the discretion of the Commission. 9. The notice required. by Rule 4 shall be addressed to: The Secretary The Ontario Electoral Boundaries Commission 70 Lombard Street Toronto, Ontario MSC 1M3 owvw=x= oO WwW