A political controversy has erupted in Canada after former Reform Party leader Preston Manning suggested that voting for Liberal Leader Mark Carney could lead to Western secession. Manning's comments, published in an opinion piece, were criticized by both Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Carney called the remarks 'dramatic' and 'unhelpful,' urging national unity instead. Poilievre, who was once part of the Reform Party, also distanced himself from Manning's views, stating he does not believe a Liberal vote would cause Western Canada to separate. The exchange highlights ongoing tensions around regional alienation and national unity in Canadian politics.
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Poilievre distances himself from ex-Reform Leader Preston Manning’s comments on Western separatism
The Conservative Leader, who was a Reform Party member in the 1990s, was responding to an April 2 opinion piece by Manning in The Globe and Mail
Honestly, Manning just said what a lot of us out West have been thinking for years. Ottawa keeps pushing policies that punish our industries and ignore our values, and then they act shocked when we talk about separation. Carney and Poilievre can clutch their pearls all they want, but Western alienation is real, and it’s not going anywhere under Liberal rule. The East gets handouts while we get carbon taxes and lectures. If voting Liberal means more of the same, then yeah, people are going to start asking if we’d be better off on our own. Pretending everything’s fine doesn’t make the problem go away.
Manning’s not wrong to bring it up—Western alienation is real, and Ottawa keeps ignoring it like it’ll just go away.
NO ONE SEPARATES FROM CANADA. IT'S ILLEGAL AND AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION.
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