How will the West react if the Liberals win again？
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with former Prime Minister and current Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney to talk about his vision for the future of Canada. We talk about what it means to be a Western Canadian, why it's time to separate from the rest of the country, and how to move forward.
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A lot of Albertans where I'm from are concerned that if Mark Carney does win, you know, I mean, it's shocking, right?
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Everyone thought after 10 years of Justin Trudeau, there was no question that the Liberals were going to lose.
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And if the Conservatives cannot secure a victory in this political climate now, will they ever be able to?
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And if the answer to that is no, is it fair for Western Canadians to say maybe it's time to find a new, you know,
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to create a new system where Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal don't determine our future.
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Do you get that same sense in British Columbia?
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So, I mean, I used to live in Fort St. John as well.
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Do you think that that sort of idea of Western separation,
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or at least some sort of, you know, political sovereignty in some way, shape, or form,
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I think the reality is Canada has not thought of itself as a country for a very long time.
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It's been many decades since we've actually thought of ourselves as a country.
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And what Trump has done has created the opportunity to start thinking bigger in terms of it.
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We need to tear down the barriers between our provinces.
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We need to get our energy offshore to tidewater.
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we need to be rethinking our confederation we need to be looking at the authorities between
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the federal and provincial governments and so i think you know if you end up with a government
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in ottawa that says no screw you guys um you know we're not interested in trying to address or or
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even hear about any of these issues then yeah i think alienation is going to be a big big issue
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right across the country but i think there is a window to start looking about about that to think
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about you know confederation and how we can see that sort of strengthening and that's something
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certainly i'll be pushing for yeah where everyone fits into well i mean let's realize our full
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potential our gdp growth as canada has been 0.14 on a per capita basis for 10 years yeah it's crazy
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the united states grown at 1.8 percent you know 18 or more 14 times 10 times more the average in
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the OECD nations is 10 times more at 14 percent. Like this has been absolutely crazy to see how
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bad we have performed. And I think that's unacceptable. And part of that is not taking
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advantage of our resources, not listening to the provinces like Alberta, like British
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Columbia in terms of where our real potential could be. I mean, across the country, there's
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all sorts of these same type of issues. But this is something that we need to really think about
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in terms of what is Canada? How do we take advantage of our strengths? How do we make
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sure that we have the highest standards of living and the highest health care opportunities
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of any jurisdiction. We could have that because of the resources we have.