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Originally Posted by Johnny 99
Ultimately, Trudeau tried to implement a Canadian solution to a Canadian energy crisis. A politician can't be blamed for disregarding the needs of a large voting block (conservative Albertans) that didn't vote for him anyway. The NEP made him a hero in the Atlantic provinces. Like him or not, he was a very charismatic figure who is fondly remembered by the vast majority of the country.
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And that right there is why the Liberals are dead in this province, and moribund federally in the rest of the west.
This may come as a big surprise to you, but Ontario east does not represent the whole of "Canada".
The NEP wasn't a "Canadian solution". It was an eastern-Canadian solution that disregarded the welfare of a sizable portion of this nation.
And while they are nominally independent of the federal party, the provincial Liberals continue to pay for the complete arrogance of people like you who forget that Canada exists west of Thunder Bay.