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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
I agree ... Toronto and Quebec are a part of Canada. No argument. All I'm saying is that with the Liberal's power base being so regionalized, they cannot be construed as being a national party, which is the original statement I contested. The same is true of the coalition as a whole ... its power base is not nationally based, it's regionalized. I do not mean to imply that Toronto or Quebec are not part of Canada. I was just trying to point out the regional nature of the power bases involved to make the argument that neither the Liberals nor the coalition can be called national representatives.
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Let's take this one step further...
Did you know, if you remove the Conservative "powerhouse" Alberta from Canada the Conservatives would have still formed a government with 116/280 seats or ~41%. This is only 3% less than the 135/308 seats Paul Martin won in 2004. In fact, if we go further and remove ALL of Western Canada including the Territories the Conservatives STILL would have formed a government with 71 seats to the Liberals 69. Now if we remove Toronto...
I'm not saying either are fair comparisons because they all belong to Canada but to claim the Conservatives ONLY have support in the West, or Alberta, is far from the truth! Today, the Conservatives would be the true "National" Party.