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I think the worst thing that will result from all this is the final and complete alienation of Western Canada. Canada has always had a tenuous political stability with the various regions holding strongly opposing political and social views, but the the thread of federalism has always managed to hold us together. But the Eastern regional parties basically banding together to stick a collective finger in the eye of Western Canadians and including a party whose stated purpose is the breakup of Confederation will ultimately sever any unity within this country. I never thought I would see the day that Liberals and NDP would sell their (federalist) souls for political power.