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Originally Posted by 4X4
Slava... I hear what you're saying, but I'm not so sure you're hearing what I'm saying. Maybe Alberta didn't "come of age" until 1947, but now that it (we) have, why aren't we treated as an equal at the table?
Kinda seems like we're the oldest brother in a family where the parents are going invalid and we're pulling more than our share of weight, but having no say in how the household is run.
Sorry if that sounds whiny, but it's the case. And it's friggin annoying.This isn't about helping out our ne'er-to-do brothers. I'm all for a charitable donation. Hell, our transfer payments can be doubled for all I care. What I want is a fair say in the future of the country.
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I think that if we were to propose separation that would just lead to people in the east (and likely in the maritimes) thinking that we have developed a "holier than" type of complex. I think that we should have a fair say in the future of the country, no question about it. But the same things that drive me crazy about PQ separtists drive me crazy about Alberta or Western separtists.
Basically they see separation as a great panacea, which it is clearly not. Its a slippery slope in a lot of ways. We don't like that power is held out east (by and large) and that our views are ignored. But earlier in Alberta history we were just as upset that the provincial capital was in Edmonton although Calgary was a bigger city (the Liberals screwed us yet again!!!). Separating won't solve any of this.
I long for a day when a good proportional representation system at least solves the political inequities in the country. I know that day is far from near, but I do think that would solve a lot in terms of alienation that some feel.