Glorified Ape said:That's my point - the provinces need to stop bitching.. . If the provinces want to engage in realistic, productive policy formation then great - do it . . .The PM said one thing and did another... this still shocks people? That's the way it works... Ugh... Ralph Klein, the achy (sic) pseudo-Texan who'd like to see a glorious Bush-style Alberta? If more of our politicians were cut from that cloth, we'd be in dire circumstances...
The provinces are just that - provinces, not countries... Sometimes the provinces need a smack in the face... IMO, we need weaker provinces, not stronger ones... We need a federal government that will keep the provinces in line . . .
Glorified Ape,
Thank you very much. You have just nicely summarized the stereotypical, (I'd like to say typical, but for the sake of impartiality, I won't!), Ontarian attitude towards the rest of Canada. Weaker provinces - yeah, Ottawa would definitely love that; being able to control everything the provinces are now responsible for - including resource revenues!
IMO, The attitude that your writings espouse is outdated and unacceptable to the vast majority of Canadians outside Ontario. A central govt that controlled everything in the best interests of their voters, (But, only the best interests of those voters in Ontario who have kept those scoundrels in power almost perpetually!), may have been acceptable in the distant past.
Fortunately for the rest of Canada, as the overall level of knowledge about domestic affairs has increased drastically thoughout the nation - largely due to massive improvements in public education over the past half century - people are expressing their anger at the gross imbalance of power that exists in the nation today. The rest of the nation is fed up, and the federal govt, and therefore Ontario, is going to have to recognize that before this great experiment of a nation implodes upon itself. The situation may not be critical as of yet, but given another decade or so of Ottawa's bumbling, misguided governing that ignores serious national issues, (Hmmmm . . . DEFENCE comes to mind.), solely because those Liberal megalomaniacs are more concerned with maintaining their grip on power, this country will very likely tear itself apart.
It is about time that those in what used to be known as Upper Canada wake up. Your forefathers started this great nation, and now, you as voters have the responsibility to act by electing a govt who will truly act in the NATIONAL interest. Otherwise, in a generation or so, Upper Canada will be able to rename itself Canada; for there will likely be no other areas of this country willing to be part of Confederation anymore.
I hope am am wrong about this, but it is up to the voters in Ontario to recognize that being the center of power has far more to it than just lining your own pockets for your immediate, short sighted benefit.
Cheers on raising up the flag again Mr. Williams; I hope you got what your province rightfully deserves. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.