time for a change

[cowman]

First of all let me state very clearly I am a Western Seperatist! Been that way from my Mommas knee. I make no apologees.
I realize the differences in freight rates and markets and have no problems what so ever with that? Economics 101?
My market for beef(and grain) really is with the Pacific Northwest? NOT ONTARIO OR QUEBEC?
I am, in reality, more attuned to America, than Canada? As an Albertan, where do my products go?...the USA?
Where do my values lie?...America?
I frankly couldn't give a rip about two official languages or whether we need two have two bum buddies married!
Canada has NEVER been my country...Alberta IS My Country!

[cowman]

cowman, no wonder I agree with you so often. I too, am an Albertan first...always have been. Watched the memorial service for the fallen RCMP today and once again felt the pride of being an Albertan when Ian Tyson sang Four Strong Winds.....no matter what, Alberta is home...good times and bad.

[magpie]

There in lies the problem the crow rate. When they abolished the crow, gov’t was so hell bent on cutting the deficit that there was not enough assesment on the underlying problems that would surface here in the west. Sure the so called think tanks were traveling around communities holding meeting on how the value added industries would be establishing in western provinces, but did gov’t provide the economical climate for such that to come about. All I pretty much seen so far are elevators torn down and rail lines ripped out along with deteriorating roads and highways. Had we not had a crow rate in the first place I believe a lot of this value added infrastructure would be in place now in the west and not so much in the east. It would have been put in place with far less dollars compared to this time frame. We did contribute to bring down the deficit, now we need the gov’t to provide us with a level playing field in which we can grow these infrastructures. Gov’t guaranteed loans would be one. Big C would be on such list to receive such a proposal. Testing ,start up predatory protection, and other avenues . With the right leadership we will continue to contribute to the GNP of this country.

[cowman]

I find it very strange the Canadian government can't give the Western Canadian cattle producers a government guarateed loan for a packing house but they have no problem financing car plants in Ontario?
Every year Alberta sends billions to Ottawa and what do we get in return? I wonder how come the Quebec government has money to loan out to purchase a packing house? Where did that money come from?
The west has been treated very badly in confederation. We send the money east and they use it to bring us goofy policies that work against our best interests. Thus we deal with a bunch of silly laws and numbing beuracracy that we really don't need. A prime example would be the stupid gun registry? Brought in because a bunch of hysterical liberals thought they knew what was good for southern Ontario! Well it really worked, didn't it? There are more illegal guns out there than ever before...there is a bar in Calgary where you can buy just about anything your heart might desire!
The politicians are only too happy to cater to the idiots because it gives them an opportunity to expand their little criminal organizations!

[Joe-2]

Remember Trudeau's "National Energy Program"????????
I'll certainly never forget or forgive THAT one!!!!!

Anybody watch CBC Newsworld this morning??? Isn't that just horrible to witness the shattered lives of those Easterners who have had their Florida vacations ruined because of Jets-Go???
I quit watching the coverage after 20 minutes of non-stop whining!!! Definitely a much bigger heartbreaker than BSE!!!! Those poor people. I feel their pain!!! NOT.