...But if you keep the Commission's interesting Kindersley—Rosetown—Humboldt, then Cypress Hills – Grasslands has to grow east, and you end up with Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan which ... But what's the alternative?
Why would one want to keep the Commission's Kindersley-Rosetown-Humboldt proposed riding -- it is ridiculous, and more importantly, unneeded. The Commission could have left Battlefords-Lloydminister as is, as it was well within the required population range, being slightly above quota at 76,295 (hey, maybe even cut out a small bit and add it to a neighbouring riding to bring it closer to quota). Instead, the Commission put the "Kindersley-Kerrobert" (i.e. southern) part of Battlefords-Lloydminister into a riding that crosses more than half of Saskatchewan's width, ane then putting the northern part into a riding that goes far eastward as well.
A simple alternative would have been to leave Battlefords-Lloydminister as is (or slightly expanded), and instead put the easterly parts of the Commission's proposed Kindersley-Rosetown-Humboldt and Lloydminister-Battlefords-Rosthern ridings into a single riding that goes around much of Saskatoon. Perhaps it could even be called "Humboldt-Rosthern-Rosetown".
That would not alleviate the concerns of the person lamenting Moose Jaw's fate below. But it would create two more sane ridings in rural northern Saskatchewan.
