Die Entfremdung vom Westen ist auf den tiefsten Stand seit vier Jahren gesunken: Umfrage

I wish I could just say this shouldn’t be a surprise. Other than tradition and a bit of overflow from the US culture wars, is there really that much going on that Canadians should be agitated against each other about right now?

We have problems, but surely a bit of solidarity is the remedy and not intra-regional scapegoating and politicians using Ottawa as a bogeyman. To me those are the politics of better times and a different set of national priorities. Opportunists will do what they do, but I don’t get a sense that we’re a lost cause as a country. Smith has played her cards and Carney seems to have met her in good faith. And awful lot of Canadians have ties and goodwill toward their friends, colleagues and fellow citizens in the West, I don’t think there’s anything reasonable that can’t be sorted out if we actually made the minimal effort to do so and remember that compromise is how you work toward unity.

I really hope this is reflective of something more than the wishes of the NP editors or whomever commissioned Pollara to do this polling. But even if it’s not definitive, I’d consider this a positive trend.

I hate that Ontario seems to think ‘the west’ =alberta. Danielle… BC thinks your whole govt is a ponzi scheme and we dont need your financially indefensible pipeline nonsense. Grift your base some other way.