In both Canada and the US reality resides in the West (not the Left Coast, just the West)... Bruce
The angry West rejoices at last By Francis Harris (Filed: 25/01/2006) Daily Telegraph Stephen Harper's victory was also a triumph for the English speakers of the Canadian West, where anger has been rising for years over concessions to francophone Quebec. The region's rallying cry has long been: "The West wants in!" Rejoicing in Alberta as the results came in, Mr Harper exulted: "The West has wanted in. The West is in now. Canada will work for all of us." Western alienation from the East has been so profound that some have argued for independence, based on Alberta's enormous oil wealth and British Columbia's dynamic coastal economy. Why, many westerners have asked, should their largely French-free English-speaking provinces be forced to become bilingual? And why should their oil wealth be used to buy off Quebec and, indeed, the huge province of Ontario? All such talk was banished as the West watched one of its own head for 24 Sussex Drive, the vast Victorian pile that is the prime minister's official residence in Ottawa. But regional tensions are never far below the surface in Canada. For four decades, the country has agonised as Quebec nationalists have twice called referendums on independence. Another is expected within the next few years. Mr Harper promises a new approach. He will hand more power and federal surplus money to the provinces, reducing the role of the federal government and allowing local people more power. That should help both Alberta and Quebec and may explain why the Conservatives did better than expected in both provinces. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
