Riding maps track a
province on the move
Fred Morris
first-past-the-post, single member ridings. This new system was implemented for the 1958 general election. Since 1958, there have been five independent redistributions. The number of ridings outside Winnipeg has declined from 37 to 26. Names like Ru- pertsland, and Minnedosa have justifiably dis- appeared with this reduction in ridings. Since 1958, the number of Winnipeg wards has gradually increased from 20 to 31 . There has been an excessive amount of
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name changing for the Winnipeg wards, but only one case where the dropping of a Winni- peg riding name can be justified. In 1999, St. James went from four ridings to three, and the riding name Kirkfield Park was chosen to continue on while Sturgeon Creek disap- peared. Out of the 20 names used in Win- nipeg in 1958, only 11 ridings have the same name now in basically the same part of Win- nipeg.
There have been some strange renaming practices:
St. Matthews changed names, to Ellice and then to Minto. Kildonan has moved from one established part of Winnipeg to a totally dif- ferent established neighbourhood. Winnipeg Center disappeared.
Since 1958, the number of ridings in the southwest corner of Winnipeg has increased from four to eight. Why has it been so dif- ficult to keep the names Fort Rouge and Os- borne on each succeeding map? Fort Garry now has a hyphenated appendage: Fort Gar- ry-Riverview. The only real concern in this name-jock- eying should arise when a targeted riding is named after a prominent Manitoban. In 1969, Riel was created by forming a new rid- ing in the growing parts of St. Vital. I am sure that this name will always be used. But what about Logan and Inkster?
Both names appear on the 1958 map. Lo- gan disappeared for the elections between 1990 and 2007. It has reappeared. Alexander Logan was an early Winnipeg mayor who hosted most of the city at dinner on Christ- mas. Inkster was on the riding map until 2007. It has not been used for the current map.
The Inksters were a prominent family. John Inkster (1799 to 1874) was a magistrate, jus- tice of the peace, and councillor for Assini- boia. Colin Inkster (1843 to 1934) was a member of Manitoba's first legislature and a sheriff.
The map will be redrawn before the 2020 election. Don’t say goodbye to these historic figures. Bring back Inkster and keep Logan. Dates referred to are the first election after a change in riding boundaries.
Fred Morris describes himself as a political ac- tivist. He has run for office.
fter the electoral reforms of the last term of the [Douglas] Campbell gov- ernment, Winnipeg was divided into
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muscular dystrophy and needs round-the-clock nursing support. We’ve cared for other patients as young as 18.” As the aging of Manitoba’s population continues to ac- celerate, the demand for chronic care will likely grow, says Shannon Guerreiro, chief nursing officer at Deer Lodge. “Health care is now so advanced that people are stay- ing at home longer and aging in place. But when they do come to us, they’re far less functional than the patients we were treating 20 or 30 years ago.” These changes have prompted Guerreiro and Dyck, who sit on Deer Lodge’s research advisory committee, to endorse a study for next year that will examine the uses and needs of chronic care in the centres.
“This is a population that’s not fully understood yet,”
says Guerreiro. “We want to really define chronic care, find out who our patients are, what resources are available to support them and determine the gaps we need to fill. “We want to help other health care facilities understand what makes someone a good candidate for chronic care, because we have the capacity and the expertise to provide data that's available to few other centres.” The view that chronic care is “the end of the road” for a
patient is also due for a rewrite, says Cara Windle, clinical service leader in physiotherapy at Deer Lodge. She and other allied health professionals, who include social work- ers, occupational therapists, dietitians, and other special- ists, have played a key role in improving quality of life for chronic care patients at Deer Lodge. “For instance, we have been able to wean some patients off their feeding tubes after exploring their interest and ability to take foods again by mouth. Little gains turn into bigger gains over time for our patients when we fo-
cus on quality of life. In more than a few cases, we’ve been able to discharge people to less intensive levels of care – because they don’t need us any more.”
The research study’s ultimate aim, says Dyck, is to help Deer Lodge fully live up to its motto, “Making lives bet- ter”. “What that really means is: nurturing potential, ex- ploring possibilities, delivering compassion. When you arrive here, we’re going to do our best to improve your quality of life.” “Because we want everybody who chooses Deer Lodge – whether you’re choosing for your mom or dad, or for yourself – to feel like you’ve made the right choice,” says Guerreiro. “We want you to feel that this is the best place for you to be.” Ryan McBride is the Communications Coordinator at the Deer Lodge Centre Foundation.
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