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Originally posted by troutman@Oct 19 2005, 03:37 PM
Separation? No thanks. When does it end? First Western Separation. Then there will be grumblings that Northern Alberta does not understand us. Then the Republic of Southern Alberta will splinter between the City-State of Calgary and the rural areas.
Rather than running away, the better approach is to improve things at the Federal level. Central Canada will vote for a PC type of party; the reformers have to go.
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Separation might become the only viable alternative from a protest vote stance since the Conservatives can't make inroads into Ontario no matter who they have leading them.
Conservatism has become the poster boy for the West.
The only reason why I would support a Western Separatist party is so we can get the same kind of political clout as Quebec and actually force a place at the table in federal policies and politics, because going through the standard Canadian "democratic" process is fruitless when you have a government that thinks one of its regions is inherently evil and backwards thinking.