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Originally Posted by Slava
Well truthfully, I don't know a lot about the CPC position on asymmetrical federalism and how they plan to proceed. Sure a seat reallocation is part of it, but there are other factors like economics, referenced at the bottom of this article: http://communities.canada.com/vancou...fort-food.aspx
Its one of the reasons why when people think that the West suddenly got some amazing advantage from this election I just can't see why. Having the PM from Calgary is nice and all, but really has this CPC government done things much differently from years prior? |
It's not that we got an "advantage" - it's that we avoided a "disadvantage", which in the end is the same thing. Had any of the other parties won control, we would have seen a massive wealth transfer to Quebec/Ontario under the guise of environmental regulation, corporate taxation or what have you. I am not under any illusion, especially with this majority having been won in Toronto, that we (Alberta) will suddenly be treated as the golden child. But there will be less grubby federal fingers in my pocket than under the other scenarios...