Western Seperation...Coming to a country near you!

It's only a matter of time...

CALGARY (CP) - More than one-third of western Canadians surveyed this summer thought it was time to consider separation from Canada, a poll suggests.

In the survey, 35.6 per cent of respondents from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia agreed with the statement: Western Canadians should begin to explore the idea of forming their own country.

Albertans, at 42 per cent, were most apt to consider independence, followed by Saskatchewan at 31.9 per cent. Residents of B.C. and Manitoba were the least likely to consider separation, at 30.8 and 27.5 per cent respectively.

The survey was commissioned by the Western Standard, a right-leaning bimonthly news and opinion magazine based in Calgary, to assess how well the federal government has been managing the issue of western alienation - something that Prime Minister Martin promised to reduce as part of his 2004 election campaign.

The research was conducted by pollster Faron Ellis, a political science professor at Lethbridge Community College, who surveyed 1,448 adult western Canadians between June 29 and July 5.

The results are considered accurate within plus or minus 2.6 percentage point, 19 times out of 20.

Ellis noted that surprisingly, separatist sentiment appeared to run highest among young people - 37 per cent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 were open to the notion of breaking away from Canada.

Support was lowest - 33.7 per cent - among the baby boom generation aged between 45 and 64.

In the poll's supplementary questions, 64 per cent of respondents said Martin had done a "poor job" at ending western alienation.

"Western" separatism is doomed from the start because the main motivation for its current rise is the perception that Ontario votes Liberal and the Conservative Westerners are being ignored, well what happens if in the new republic of Western Canada BC, Saskatchewan and Manitoba vote NDP or Liberal a few elections in a row? will Alberta separate from the seperatists?

what link can I read this at?

Well lets look at Saskatchewan who votes NDP election after election since the Conservatives fucked us up huge here, and will vote like a bunch of right wing monkeys the next federal election. I think the problem with people is they dont know what they want. And the federal government isnt prepared to sit down and figure out what that is.

I have an idea of what the new flag of Western Canada will look like (with maybe a few modifications in the upper left)...

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... hub=Canada

Yo Bart, you really gotta stop drinking that Murchies coffee....it is really starting to mess with your mind. Still an interesting thought mind you but I could not actually see that flying in Western Canada. Nothing to back me on that comment sorry....just a rash generaliation on my part!

:mrgreen:

This is the original "Milk Cow" cartoon, which has been prolific in many different versions throughout the history of Western Canada, since it was originated in 1915 by Winnipeg cartoonist, Arch Dale, for the Grain Growers Guide of December 15, 1915. It -- and many other such cartoons -- demonstrates that the grievances of Western Canada are not new, but have existed as long as the West has been part of Canada.