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Originally Posted by O-tacular
Great post. Just curious how do you explain the Stephen Harpers and Jason Kenneys who are originally from Ontario but bray the loudest about Western alienation??
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I think with Harper it was genuine. He grew up in the oil industry and moved to Calgary at age 21. NEP was a thing from age 20 to age 25. Reform was created at age 28. He experienced western alienation first hand.
Jason Kenney is more of an opportunist, though he did live in western Canada starting in his teens.
I think they provide the perspective of seeing Ontario and the west firsthand and see the difference in expectation, attitude, and treatment.
Still, the loudest voice of western alienation that we've had is Alberta born Preston Manning, and son of an Albertan premier.
We even see it a bit in the NDP, who has been the largest progressive voice on the prairies since the 50s.
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