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hippyjoe1955 So lets look at this from a realistic point of view.
That point of view is realistic only to you. You are not wrong but can you prevail?
If Alberta had the same number of seats in the House of Commons as the Maritimes Alberta would have 60 seats and not 37. How is being a part of something bigger making my voice bigger? If Alberta had the same representation as PEI it would have 97 seats. In the Senate PEI has 4 seats. Alberta has 6 seats. Do you see a problem?
No, I don't. Apparently, like the US, the power center of Canada is in the east. Alberta is landlocked. Secession would kill it economically and every which way. Do YOU see the problem?
So Alberta has a very robust agriculture and oil and manufacturing industry. Why does the rest of the country insist on shutting them down. Alberta was selling Canola to China. In order to protect the auto industry in Ontario Alberta had to forego selling canola to China despite the fact that the income from canola vastly outstrips the money made by autos. Not to mention the Canola money is made from exports. Canada's cars are sold in Canada. Can you now begin to see the problem?
Yes. Like the US, Canada does not have a government of the people for the people and by the people.
Alberta was settled by the many Americans who came north in the early 1900s. As an Albertan who went to Ontario as a young man I was shocked at the visceral hatred that came from the descendants of the United Empire Loyalists. I had no idea that such bigotry was common in Canada. It still is.
Hatred? You have to explain this to me. Here in the US, the hatred among whites are from people like me who detest progressive liberals. I am of the opinion that America has cultural roots associated with folks who came on the Mayflower and settled the "13 colonies" in the eastern part of the country. Can you explain how the "loyalists" in the Maritimes is connected to Americans of that period?
