Friday 22 March 2013

Trial separation?

It's clear that we in Canada are fractured as a nation - and not that I like to think about it, but I wonder if the often-mentioned balkanization of this country would become a reality in the not-distant future. The West resents the East because the West is under-represented in parliament. The East resents the West because they have dirty oil, etc. etc...perhaps a trial separation is in order.
I'd dissolve the federal government for about a year's time - effectively making us 13 jurisdictions under one common currency, like the EU. Then our provincial governments could set their own policies and run things as they see fit. If, after a year, the provinces are in better shape than they were under Confederation, we could hold a nation-wide referendum on how to move forward.


Thoughts?

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