Councillors in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality might have larger districts to cover, depending on the outcome of a boundary review later this year.

Council is getting ready to consider a recommendation to reduce the number of districts from 12 to three, but at least one councillor doesn't like the idea.

Steve Gillespie said fewer districts would put rural residents at a disadvantage compared to those in the region's towns.

"If we go down that road, we might as well just tell everybody in …