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Originally Posted by Mayo
I never mentioned that guy in my post except to say that he was wrong to do that. That is defending him?
I'm talking about the general discontent in Alberta and where that comes from, what the OP was talking about. OP asked why we people are mad in AB. I answered and said if the issues affected him more directly, he would be mad to, and might react differently (hopefully not to the extremes you obsess over). It's human nature, someone mentioned the lobster riots in NS. Perfect example of what happens when your livelihood is messed with.
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Western alienation has a long history in Alberta, and this really isn't new. In the 80's we elected a couple of separatists to the Alberta Legislature, and there have been a number of issues that have stoked these fires through the years. Resource wealth and those associated issues are obviously a piece of this, but it goes back further. A lot of the discontent stems from the west largely being ignored and taken for granted. It's not even a purely Albertan issue, because you can include BC and Saskatchewan in there as well. And sure...the argument back is "well if you voted for other parties..." but that doesn't actually solve it either because of the seat distribution.
I'll say that when I was younger, I would think that Alberta and the west just had a persecution complex, but my view on that is changing. A lot of the decisions made in the name of the environment today are entirely mind-boggling. Everything from the decisions on resources and resource production to this latest scheme around fertilizer emissions. Its one attack after another on the main industries in the west.