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Preston Manning, founder of the Reform Party of Canada, examines Alberta's referendum on a separation referendum and rising Western separatism. He argues that federal intrusion into provincial jurisdiction fuels discontent across Western Canada, advocating for legislative solutions rather than symbolic gestures. Manning also discusses how to constructively channel populist movements through education and democratic engagement, critiques Prime Minister Carney's approach to regional tensions, diagnoses the federal conservative movement’s ailments, and draws on Western Canada's historical experience with bottom-up political movements to address contemporary challenges to national unity.
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