The Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse is welcoming a Nova Scotia Supreme Court Ruling that the Cheticamp area should have its own protected Acadian riding.
In a ruling this week, Justice Pierre Muise says the lack of a constituency for Cheticamp is an unjustified breach of Section 3 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Justice Pierre Musie is giving the Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries Commission 20 minutes to draw up a new riding.
The federation launched the court challenge in 2021, after objecting to Cheticamp not being declared a protected riding in a report by the commission in April, 2019.
The President of the Federation, Denise Comeau-Desautels, says the community of Cheticamp, like other communities in Nova Scotia, deserves fair and equitalbe representation. Comeau-Desautels says the decision is a victory for the Acadian community and for democracy.