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“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.” ~~ John G. Diefenbaker

'Western Canadians have tried to make Confederation work. Now it's Eastern Canadians' turn to save it... if it can be saved.'

... generations of Westerners have fought to reform Canada to make its institutions more representative of the country as it is, not as it was before the settling of the West. As hard and as passionately as they have fought, they failed. So be it. Now it's up to Eastern Canada. If confederation means anything at all to Eastern Canadians beyond a mechanism to redistribute Western resources, it's their move. Meanwhile, the only honourable course left to those of us who love freedom and Western Canada is to face this fact. We must admit that we have a federal government that does not practice federalism. It preaches rights but practices coercion. It promises to build, but all it produces is debt ... CLICK HERE for the full editorial

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