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The West does have its own culture - we think for ourselves. We don’t need Ottawa to do it for us.
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At least one thing is clear from the results of the BC Conservative leadership race: Ontario politics won't work in Western Canada.
There is a fundamental difference between the democratic culture of Eastern and Western Canada. While there are certainly similarities, particularly in major urban centres, it cannot be ignored that we are distinct in several important ways. One of those differences had a significant impact on the recent BC Conservative leadership race.
The Elliott campaign was an early frontrunner, and Caroline Elliott herself garnered considerable attention for her ambitiously conservative policies and balanced communication style. She was seen as someone who could speak in a way that more moderate British Columbians could hear and understand. She offered an opportunity to finally begin addressing not only economic issues, but cultural ones as well — something the political right in BC...
Oh my, I do like the way this guy thinks. Perhaps he’d be a good addition to Keith Wilson’s Transition Council.
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I will leave it to others to argue with the crazies — including Alberta's crazy Trudeau-appointed justices — who think it is necessary to consult with First Nations before the government can even ask Albertans a constitutional question in a referendum. I try not to waste my time making plain and obvious arguments that have been made many times already, to little practical effect.
Instead, I will accept for the sake of argument the proposition that First Nations must be consulted in advance of an independence referendum, and ask those like Wab Kinew and Jason Kenney who are in a lather about this whether the following proposal meets with their approval.
My proposal is that the government of Alberta kick off the process of independence by bypassing the tribal Chiefs entirely, and instead give rank-and-file Treaty Indians an opportunity to be consulted via a referendum open ...