There's a real opportunity here to embrace travel within Canada and build shared experiences. But systemic, structural supports are needed to make that affordable and viable.
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Another thing that got me thinking about your question for answers is Starlink and rural internet. The failure to provide high speed, equal coverage to everyone, everywhere means that Starlink had a built in market. Then imagine all the downstream effects of that...
Ages ago I took a memorable train trip from Edmonton through the Rockies to Vancouver.
Back then the mountains were snow capped in September. Not sure if that’s still the case.
The Newfoundlanders working in the oil sands can see the west's grievances, and bring it back home. It's really easy to buy into the idea that all politicians are corrupt and are only looking out for their buddies, and Newfoundlanders already had the government take their jobs away once.
This. Newfoundlanders agitate differently than Albertans, and also never *expect* better from the Federal government than to be forgotten. So the local culture tends more to complain loudly but locally and band together within the province to weather the latest storm.
Even those who remember Newfoundland exists tend to forget it's noticeably different from the rest of Canada, not only because of the accents and the more literally Irish culture, but because for NL confederation is still within living memory.
It occurs to me that PR/MMP would have another benefit in this realm, as in addition to balancing *party* seats proportionately, the additional reps in some proposals at least are “regional” MPs, no?
More representation for the west as a whole, regardless of party, AS WELL AS prop Party rep?
Must admit the only time crazy talkin' Dani made me go, well is actually something I've always thought would be a good thing, is when I heard that she talked about a high speed rail line. Getting that started in Canada would not be bad, depending on how it was done.
Sad that it is much cheaper for me on the East Coast to fly to Europe than it is to fly across Canada. It would be nice if Canada had a good passenger rail system from coast to coast.
I was raised in Brandon. Spent two years living in Saskatoon. Just learning the differences between two cities and their surrounding rural areas, only a 6½ hour drive apart, was eye-opening.
It was definitely a more "conservative" place, and that's not to say that Western Manitoba isn't fairly conservative.
One place that it eally showed was that in 1999 they were still debating about school prayer. The last prayer I heard in school had been the early 80s.
It was also weird to have a city with a whole separate Catholic school board. In Manitoba most schools are "officially" secular since the early 20th century, with religious schools existing but being the exception.
I was amazed to find out that the Saskatchewan Act that created Saskatchewan actually guarantees that separate school board (same in Alberta). I've become convinced since that the literal constitutional document that created the province having religion baked in has affected the society differently.
Other than that, Manitoba just seems more "middle of the road" in its politics. While we elect Progressive Conservative governments, they lose when they diverge from the centre.
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Back then the mountains were snow capped in September. Not sure if that’s still the case.
More representation for the west as a whole, regardless of party, AS WELL AS prop Party rep?
One place that it eally showed was that in 1999 they were still debating about school prayer. The last prayer I heard in school had been the early 80s.