POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: University Of British Columbia Press, English Canada, Canadian Alliance
20 Jun 2015
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Western alienation, in canadian politics, views the western provinces . Manitoba, british colombia, saskatchewan, and alberta- as having been alienated from. Canadian politics, whereas the central provinces of quebec and ontario are fully involved in them. Western alienation sees the central provinces as being economically favored and represented politically as compared to the western provinces. This has brought about the idea of alienation among western canadians. The root causes of western alienation can be traced in western canada"s displeasure at not being able to have more control over the federal government. Many west canadians view ottawa as being worried about the quebec and ontario axis. Most of the decisions made in this region are based on their effect on central canada. For instance, during the 1950s and 1960s, alberta"s oil industry was doing so well that the. Social credit government in edmonton left the oil development and concentrated on collecting royalties and tax revenues (laycock, 2002).
