I never voted liberal in my life..... and you vote Liberal for all the Free Taxpayer funded welfare shit you can scam
You do not speak for BC. You were not even born here.I never voted liberal in my life.
And BC doesn't want to separate.Why would we join Alberta and be bullied into take your phuking pipelines?
Just follow the TransCanada Highway west. It's a straight, level line from Regina to Speedy Creek. Don't forget to check your odometer from time to time to make sure that you're moving.From: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/can...8-divisive-politics-election-result-1.5327423 (By Vassy Kapelos, host of Power & Politics)
I have an embarrassing confession to make.
My first reporting job was in Swift Current, Sask. I was relieved and excited to get the job, but I had a slight problem. I had no idea where in Saskatchewan Speedy Creek, as it's affectionately known, was (it's about two hours southwest of Regina, FYI).
The reason I didn't know: I grew up, like so many do, in Toronto, a.k.a. the centre of the universe, insulated from everything but my own ignorance. If I had thought of Alberta and Saskatchewan while growing up for a combined total of more than 10 minutes, it would have been a miracle of sorts.
So spending the first five years of my career in those provinces, I hope, saved me from my own ignorance. It also fundamentally changed the way I look at our country.
While here in the central part of the country it's almost normal for people to scoff, or even roll their eyes, every time someone brings up separatism out West, it's not that simple. Is the concept of separating illogical, maybe even too dramatic? Sure. But it's anchored in a very real sense of being disconnected from the centre of federal power and political will.
That has been very evident in this campaign. When the leaders did stop in Alberta (as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau did last night), they did so sparingly, and in the case of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, not at all.
Yes, I know that's a function of the fact the Conservatives, according to CBC's Poll Tracker, are set to capture 60 per cent of the popular vote in the province. But people who don't live and breathe politics don't think of it that way — they just see that nobody is showing much interest in them.
That's not entirely true. There is a lot of interest in fossil fuels — whether they should be phased out and how fast that should happen, as well as much debate about whether the TMX pipeline should go ahead. I'm not here to get into the merits of any of that and I completely get the impetus to go all out to reduce emissions, but suffice it to say, those questions have pitted large swaths of progressive politicians against the livelihoods of a lot of Albertans.
Then you hop a bunch of provinces to the east and another wild situation awaits us. The remarkable re-emergence of the Bloc in Quebec could leave the province in a scenario few would have imagined even six weeks ago, with the majority of seats going to the BQ.
That has been very evident in this campaign. When the leaders did stop in Alberta (as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau did last night), they did so sparingly, and in the case of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, not at all.
If Alberta is the fly-over zone of this election, Quebec is anything but. Yes, I know it's because every party is fighting for their lives in that province. But in an effort to do so, and to counter the Bloc, messaging from every. single. party. has focused on addressing nationalist sentiment and interests.
Jurisdiction over immigration, autonomy over culture, masters of their institutions, a veto over pipelines, opting out of universal pharmacare — the list of promises from federal leaders to Quebecers is long. Who could forget also that every leader quickly agreed to Premier Francois Legault's demand not to intervene legally in challenges against his province's secularism law.
I'm not naive. I understand that electoral math drives so much of this — and I also understand and respect that Quebec's place in the federation is unique. But in this election, a campaign that has highlighted regional differences in the name of political expediency could have really long lasting consequences.
Even inside the campaigns, they know it won't be easy to put it all back together again. One operative told me, "we didn't have a choice — we had to put party ahead of country," before lamenting that reversing gears after the election will be "truly hard."
I just hope for our country's sake that it won't be impossible.
Tick Man is so full of hate."The west wants out": Separatist sentiments growing in Alberta
About time.. become the 51st State and let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark..
Trudeau would rather buy oil from his Wahhabi friends in Saudi Arabia.
and in the case of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, not at all
Look at his Tick Man Avatar.Interesting, how did you get to be KWOn by that name?
and are you going to get your gun and go tell them beatings will continue U.N.till moral improves?
Somehow I doubt he will be voting for either Liberal or bloc, so he cannot be a traitor.Tick Man is so full of hate.
Tick Man is a traitor to this country.
He wants to break up Canada. That is the very definition of treason.Somehow I doubt he will be voting for either Liberal or bloc, so he cannot be a traitor.
No trudowe and his kind are forcing us to reevaluate our position in confederation. The current model does not work for us and never has. Quebekers have been stirring the separatist pot forever but are quick to receive the spoils of westerners dedication to work. Things can change peacefully or otherwise but they will change and it will be in our favour.He wants to break up Canada. That is the very definition of treason.
Trudeau is a passing fad.No trudowe and his kind are forcing us to reevaluate our position in confederation. The current model does not work for us and never has. Quebekers have been stirring the separatist pot forever but are quick to receive the spoils of westerners dedication to work. Things can change peacefully or otherwise but they will change and it will be in our favour.
Western discontent didn’t start with Trudeau and won’t end with him . Our country is set up so the political power revolves around Toronto and Montreal . The west still wants in , and if you won’t let us in we will take our ball and go .Trudeau is a passing fad.
You should seriously examine the contents of your hearts if you are willing to drop your country every time a milqutoast turns up in Ottawa.
I still have faith that most Westerners are real Canadians and that the sunny day, pick-and-choose graspers are a minority.
It sure would be nice to march them down to the border, give them a little push do that they can find out what that place is really like. You'll be lining up at the fence trying to get back in in short order.