Western Standard - Canada's Hidden Conflict ｜ Why We Don't Talk

00:00:00.000 The toughest thing about it is that we don't even communicate what the underlying problem is.

00:00:05.560 You know, we communicate on the superficial problems, but we never say,

00:00:09.740 you actually view the country differently than I do.

00:00:12.580 And we need to decide who's right or who's wrong.

00:00:15.320 And that's the problem.

00:00:16.280 The country is going to be stymied until it actually addresses this issue.

00:00:19.660 And so, say I want to do something about it.

00:00:23.200 Say I'm the kind of crazy person that decides I'm going to get into politics.

00:00:27.200 and I want to actually contend with the situation in front of me,

00:00:31.860 like in reality, not just in an ideal way,

00:00:35.000 what can I actually do about it?

00:00:36.840 Nobody addresses the concept.

00:00:39.040 It's verboten.

00:00:40.420 Nobody talks about it.

00:00:41.480 Nobody addresses it.

00:00:42.340 Nobody even wants to admit it.

00:00:44.140 They just have, you know,

00:00:45.560 the Premier of Alberta is talking about equality.

00:00:48.780 They want equality.

00:00:50.160 The Premier of Quebec says,

00:00:51.460 we want sovereignty and autonomy.

00:00:53.760 and Ottawa is talking about the two-nation policy.

00:00:58.920 They don't talk about it.

00:00:59.760 They don't address it.

00:01:01.460 And in terms of the actual parties themselves,

00:01:04.300 the Liberal Party is all in for either a combination

00:01:07.720 of Big Brother Confederation in Ontario

00:01:10.440 or the two-nation policy in Quebec.

00:01:12.420 They kind of fudge it and say, well, those are what we do,

00:01:14.940 particularly the Trudeau Liberals.

00:01:17.740 The Conservatives trying to push the equality side,

00:01:22.020 but when they're actually in power,

00:01:23.120 they have to realize that they've got to treat Quebec differently and they really have to accept

00:01:28.400 the two-nation policy. So they campaign on one and do something different. The NEP is their structure

00:01:36.080 in their constitution is very similar to the two-nation policy that all provincial NDP parties

00:01:44.240 have to adopt the federal policies and Quebec is completely independent. So they're all in on the

00:01:51.120 the two-nation policy.

Western Standard - August 28, 2026