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Old 03-03-2008, 11:27 PM   #422
Flames in 07
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Originally Posted by Johnny 99 View Post
Look at it from an outsider's perspective. Trudeau tried to help out central and eastern Canada by sacrificing a few meaningless votes in the West. The majority of the Canadian population lives in Ontario and Quebec, it's just a fact. If there was a small island in Northern Alberta that always voted Green and had a large deposit of gold there, do you think for a moment that Ed Stelmach wouldn't jump on the chance to screw them over? How do you think the native people in Fort Chipewan feel about the tarsands? It's the same thing. Get over it. Face it, politically, Alberta is largely insignificant. No party can win any federal election without carrying Ontario.
They were actually a little more than votes. Try a few meaningless livelihoods.
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