October 11, 2024
When voters head to the polls in the West, many of them will be angry: experts
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The anger in the region has led to rallies, convoys, anti-Liberal billboards, a pro-oil and gas clothing line and some talk of separation.
The anger in the region has led to rallies, convoys, anti-Liberal billboards, a pro-oil and gas clothing line and some talk of separation.

REGINA — A rising tide of western alienation may rally Conservative voters in Alberta, Saskatchewan and parts of British Columbia, but political watchers say they don’t expect it to make a big splash in the election elsewhere in the country.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Saskatchewan’s Scott Moe have been steadfast and vocal critics of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau over his government’s energy policies — from the carbon tax to a federal law that overhauls how major energy projects are assessed.

They’ve made pipelines, and the seemingly endless struggle to build them, the focal point in their fight.

The anger in the region has led to rallies, convoys, anti-Liberal billboards, a pro-oil and gas clothing line and some talk of separation.

“I’ve honestly never felt so … not even under-appreciated, just like completely ignored,” says Sarah Leguee, a grain farmer in southeastern Saskatchewan. “It seems like any time we, you know, say something, we just get labelled as racists, as bigots.

“I’ve just never been so frustrated with the government in my entire life.”

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Don Deacon
Don Deacon
October 1, 2019 4:35 pm

It doesn’t matter how angry the western voters are our sad excuse for a P.M. only needs the Quebec and Ont. votes to get in.again and it looks like he will get those votes.

BTDT
BTDT
October 2, 2019 6:21 pm
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“…a P.M. only needs the Quebec and Ont. votes…”

Agreed. Thus the brilliance of the Founding Father’s gift of the Electoral College to America. To Canada’s eternal detriment our Fathers of Confederation lacked such foresight. Sad but true.

BTDT
BTDT
October 1, 2019 2:06 pm
BTDT
BTDT
October 1, 2019 2:00 pm

Flipping through the pages of the 2000 and 2001 West Point Grey Academy (WPGA) yearbooks, we see a different side of our progressive prime minister.

Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. Well Canada, which will it be?
It won’t be a long wait until we find out.

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/malcolm-trudeaus-yearbook-tells-a-bigger-story