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As for your first comment I believe it has alot to do with it. 10% of Canada gets largely ignored, thats not right. We should have more influence than we do currently. If 10% of Canada is contributing an exceptional amount to the country, why shouldn't they get alittle more voice? If someone at your work contributes alot to a certain project, I feel that they deserve a larger reward than someone who did little. In this case Alberta is that person!
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I'd say that 10% of Canada does get a voice. In fact, Alberta's party of choice has been the official opposition for three terms running without ever electing an MP in Quebec, and having only minimal support in Ontario and Atlantic Canada.
If you're concerned that the Reform/Alliance/Conservative parties have been unable to make a breakthrough outside of the West and win enough seats to form a government, then perhaps they need to alter their policies to better reflect the values of the majority of Canadians. Currently that simply isn't the case.
Of course, if there was a massive shift to the left (much moreso than has already been done) by the CPC in order to win seats in Ontario, wouldn't that be selling out their old Western ideals? And in that case, is the West really being any more represented than they are now?
Also, being a citizen of this country isn't a job. Alberta is
lucky that we're sitting on such a huge pile of oil...it's only arbitrary lines on a map that have given us our wealth. I don't believe that we should get a disproportionate amount of representation in Parliament simply because we're economically more fortunate than other regions of the country.
What you're suggesting amounts to giving rich people more voting power than poor people. I'm sorry, but I happen to believe that one of the fundamental tenents of democracy is that
everyone is treated equally -- one person, one vote.