Comment 35560

By alrathbone (registered) | Posted November 18, 2009 at 15:25:24

"I believe the intention was to keep the Country together. We're still together... isn't that 'something'? Harper's real scam is pitting region vs region and turning the country against itself! "

More like City of Toronto vs. Canada, or even more specifically the current government of the City of Toronto vs. Canada.

The Conservatives tend to be the ones who try and balance regional interests vs. the national interest (hence why, since Diefenbaker, they have had more support from soft nationalists in Quebec, AND why they are popular in the west).

The Liberals were key masters of the "pit region against region", and I think most people can see that outside of Toronto, Montreal and Atlantic Canada, their support is rather dismal and their few MPs from these areas (ie. Rural Ontario, the West and the North) survive on personal popularity (ie. Keith Martin, Ralph Goodale, Larry Bagnell etc.)

In a country such as Canada, I will always expect some sort of divide, but while the NDP and CPC attempt to address it (albeit in different ways) the LPC has for a long time sought to exploit it ie. Screw the West and Take the West.

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