POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Premiership Of Stephen Harper, Western Alienation In Canada, Canadian Firearms Registry
19 Mar 2020
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Western alienation continued: as we have seen, western alienation reflects a strong sense of territorial cohesion combined with a significant sense of alienation from the rest of the country and the central government in. Alliance with the remnant progressive conservative party, which was based in central and. Distribution of seats in the house of commons by region during harper years: to win elections, the west must reach out to central canada. Because of opov, the west cannot govern alone: the harper conservative government was really a partnership between western canada and. Ontario: the most important institution of intrastate federalism in canada is the cabinet. Harper"s last cabinet - july 2013 to 2015 election 38 ministers excluding the pm: note the larger contingent of ministers from ontario, harper himself, plus his ministers from the west (1 + 14) equalled = ontario"s share. The lesson: not even a pm from alberta determined to alleviate western alienation can afford to ignore ontario.
