A thankyou to my fellow canadians

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by BlackCat


Hope you score high despite the dangerous path you are threading

That's an interesting "typo"

"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

[Ninot]

Originally posted by notyoueither
I'll look forward to hearing your mark, and the grader's comments.

What did you say? (in broad strokes)

well i was limited for time and space, so i really didnt go into much detail, but i said....

The Federal government took control of provincial powers early in the histories of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, which isn't nice.

The NEP was a stupid encroachment on the province's rights to it's own resources, royally annoying Alberta.

And theres been a deep rooted feeling that the federal liberals, who have been in control untill just recently, worked just in the interests of Ontario and Quebec, ignoring the west.

And i said the consequences is the solidly conservative voting west, and bla bla bla, more stuff like that.

[notyoueither]

Hmmm. The voting pattern goes back before the NEP, and even then it is not uniformly conservative. NDP in Saskatchewan and BC?

Truth is it is a very complicated bundle that got Westerners alienated from the centre, and it involves more than just the Liberals, as Kim Campbell might tell you.

[KrazyHorse]

I think Westerners got alienated because they're *******s.

[notyoueither]

Very possible. It might be a secret ingredient in the air. People of the plains are destined to go 'Sitting Bull' on your lily, Eastern asses.

[Ninot]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Hmmm. The voting pattern goes back before the NEP, and even then it is not uniformly conservative. NDP in Saskatchewan and BC?

Oh, i didn't imply (or i hope I didnt) that the current status is a direct result of any of the 3, i just mean to say it is a symptom of alienation.

Probably won't get the results back for a few weeks i'll let ya know tho, or I'll lie to make myself seem smart!

[KrazyHorse]

Bring it on, tiger.

[notyoueither]

Or, it might be the perception of political, banking, and even transportation systems that are set up to the benefit of central Canada, and getting pissed off when not a whole lot changes even if 'our guys' got in in Ottawa.

We have a Wheat Board that recently resulted in the short imprisonment of prairie farmers who demonstrated their displeasure with current circumstances by daring to drive a few trucks full of wheat over the border into the US, or at least attempting to. The RCMP was there to arrest them for making the attempt.

[Asher]

The problem is people in Ontario are retarded, the people in Quebec are french, the people in British Columbia are stoned, and the people in Alberta are too busy buying new home theatres.

[KrazyHorse]

Fine. Scrap the Wheat Board. And end farm subsidies while we're at it too.

The double whammy of a drop in prices caused by the end of a sizable price cartel and the loss of subsidy income ought to do the West some real good.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Bring it on, tiger.

You guys'll lose.

People in Montreal and Toronto fall for Liberals taking what few guns you have away from you as a response to an illegal cross-border weapons trade.

Meanwhile, we've buried enough guns to fight the third world war before we had to register them.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Fine. Scrap the Wheat Board. And end farm subsidies while we're at it too.

The double whammy of a drop in prices caused by the end of a sizable price cartel and the loss of subsidy income ought to do the West some real good.

Good argument.

They ain't happy with prison?

We'll really show 'em!

And you wonder where Western alienation comes from.

[KrazyHorse]

We've already got the captive race of Atlantic Canadians enslaved in the Army to save us

[KrazyHorse]

They ain't happy with prison?

We'll really show 'em!

And you wonder where Western alienation comes from.

No, I'm pointing out that the Wheat Board is doing Western grain farmers a world of good by propping up prices. Breaking its cartel is the stupidest, most shortsighted thing a Canadian grain farmer could do.

[notyoueither]

Bull****. The price of wheat is set globally. It has been for a long time now.

Nobody wants to get rid of the Board. What is desired are options.