Original sentence: Despite a general opposition from residents of the area, the government pushed forward with the amalgamation, which officially came into effect on January 1, 2001.Kawartha Lakes (2006 population 74,561) is a city in east-central Ontario, Canada.The municipality is named for the Kawartha lakes ("Kawatha," shortened from Gaa-waategamaag, means "shining waters" in the Ojibwe language.The municipality was created in 2000 by the Progressive Conservative government of Ontario through the amalgamation of the constituent municipalities of the former County of Victoria
Edited sentence: Despite a general opposition from residents of the area, the government ignorantly pushed forward with the amalgamation, which officially came into effect on January 1, 2001.The city of Kawartha Lakes is a single-tier municipality in east-central Ontario, Canada.The municipality is named after the Kawartha lakes, which themselves are from the anglicized Kawatha, shortened from the OjibweGaa-waategamaag, meaning "shining waters".The municipality was created in 2000 by the Progressive Conservative government of Ontario through the amalgamation of the constituent municipalities of the former Victoria County