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(Photograph by Jen Gerson)

Western separatism has been cooling despite Trudeau’s re-election: poll

A newly released survey suggests more Albertans looked favourably on the rest of Canada than a year earlier—and that was before COVID struck

Why Trudeau’s cabinet is still all blurry on the western front

The PM wisely avoided a stunt move like appointing an unelected Albertan. And he spoke of the energy industry with some overdue respect.

(Photograph by Jen Gerson)

Why so many Albertans are giving up on their country

Jen Gerson: ‘Wexit’ reflects a cartoon version of the province that other Canadians find easy to attack—because it spares them the burden of self-examination

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The farce and Western alienation

While reviewing Mary Janigan’s Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark, Richard Warnica suggests the Conservatives’ carbon tax talk can be linked to the narrative around western alienation.