Comments on: Western Canadian “Separatism” http://paulmitchinson.com/archives/31 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:49:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Paul Mitchinson http://paulmitchinson.com/archives/31/comment-page-1#comment-7 Paul Mitchinson Fri, 12 Aug 2005 23:24:04 +0000 http://paulmitchinson.com/2005/08/11/western-canadian-separatism/#comment-7 <span style="font:18pt times,serif;float:right;color:brown;padding:10px;"><img src="http://www.paulmitchinson.com/images/eee.jpg" alt="EEE Senate button" /></span>Hi, cuz! Thanks for the great comment -- you single-handedly increased the number of comments on this blog by 50%!! About your last observation, I couldn't agree more. In fact, I pulled out my handy-dandy camera-phone just now and took a shot of this Triple-E Senate button I've had for almost <em>twenty years</em>. (Sorry for the lousy quality.) Whether Westerners demand Senate reform or not, it's pretty clear that the Canadian Senate, as it exists today, should cause every single Canadian voter to feel alienated from their government. EEE Senate buttonHi, cuz!

Thanks for the great comment — you single-handedly increased the number of comments on this blog by 50%!!

About your last observation, I couldn’t agree more. In fact, I pulled out my handy-dandy camera-phone just now and took a shot of this Triple-E Senate button I’ve had for almost twenty years. (Sorry for the lousy quality.)

Whether Westerners demand Senate reform or not, it’s pretty clear that the Canadian Senate, as it exists today, should cause every single Canadian voter to feel alienated from their government.

]]> By: Derrick http://paulmitchinson.com/archives/31/comment-page-1#comment-6 Derrick Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:00:51 +0000 http://paulmitchinson.com/2005/08/11/western-canadian-separatism/#comment-6 As many people know, 2/3 of statistics are made up, and one of the best ways to make up the statistics you want is to ask a question designed for that purpose. It is no surprise that Alberta Report er Western Standard would make such a spurious claim. Let’s not let facts get in the way of a good story as Western Standard Publisher Ezra Levant did recently referring to <a href="http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Calgary/Ezra_Levant/2005/07/25/1146913.html" rel="nofollow"> "Chinese fascism and & Chinese National Socialism</a>" in a recent column. With background knowledge like that how can anything he says have credibility (especially seeing as who picked up on and used his statistics as Paul pointed out)? As much as I disagree with western separatism, and abhor the propaganda strategies evident in the Western Standard poll and it’s reporting, western alienation is alive and needs to be addressed for the good of all of Canada. The last Prime Minister (to last . . . a year or more) that came from outside of Ontario or Quebec was Diefenbaker. The 40+ years since the PM was someone from the regions is symbolic of Canada’s systemic preoccupation with the central region. For decades, regional viewpoints, both western and maritime, have been pushed aside leading to frustration and varying degrees of alienation. It’s time for central Canada to open their minds to perspectives from all regions . . . oh, and give us a EEE Senate! As many people know, 2/3 of statistics are made up, and one of the best ways to make up the statistics you want is to ask a question designed for that purpose. It is no surprise that Alberta Report er Western Standard would make such a spurious claim. Let’s not let facts get in the way of a good story as Western Standard Publisher Ezra Levant did recently referring to “Chinese fascism and & Chinese National Socialism” in a recent column. With background knowledge like that how can anything he says have credibility (especially seeing as who picked up on and used his statistics as Paul pointed out)?

As much as I disagree with western separatism, and abhor the propaganda strategies evident in the Western Standard poll and it’s reporting, western alienation is alive and needs to be addressed for the good of all of Canada. The last Prime Minister (to last . . . a year or more) that came from outside of Ontario or Quebec was Diefenbaker. The 40+ years since the PM was someone from the regions is symbolic of Canada’s systemic preoccupation with the central region. For decades, regional viewpoints, both western and maritime, have been pushed aside leading to frustration and varying degrees of alienation. It’s time for central Canada to open their minds to perspectives from all regions . . . oh, and give us a EEE Senate!

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