There Is A Growing Separatist Movement In Western Canada

in #canada5 years ago (edited)

The Canadian federal election is only a few weeks away. Like most countries Canada has two major political parties. The Liberal party is left leaning and the Conservative party is right leaning. It will inevitably be one of those two parties that win the election. There are also the Green party, New Democratic Party and the People’s Party of Canada (PPC) that are expected to win seats.

None of these parties, with the exception of the brand new PPC party, are sufficiently speaking to the needs of western Canada. Western Canada is comprised of British Columbia (BC), Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

BC is extremely Liberal and are not part of this feeling of disenfranchisement out west. Manitoba is doing decently economically and are also not part of this growing separatism. That leaves Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Alberta has much in common with Texas. Alberta is the home of Canada’s largest oil reserves and largest cattle industry. Gun ownership and libertarianism are very important in this province. Saskatchewan is much less populous than Alberta but shares many traits and is like the junior partner in this scenario.

The major gripe that Alberta has is that they are wildly underrepresented in the federal government. Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal have more influence than the rest of Canada combined. Alberta is historically a proud and wealthy province but the oil industry and federal red tape has severely hampered its prosperity.

That is why a growing Western Exit (Wexit) group is forming. This is both an official group that is trying to get a petition signed to cede from Canada and a loose collection of people who want more power in the west.

This story is very underreported and I have included a rare clip from the national media that discusses the details below. (I am still practicing making my own videos and I plan to broadcast them at a later time, just not yet.)

https://youtu.be/YwdJiSfzz9c

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