[McGavin999]

Alberta OUGHT to be it's own country. I worked up in Canada for 4 years from Calgary to New Brunswick and I found the people of Alberta to be completely different than the Canadians in the east. They're fiercely independent, fun, ethical and, except for buying into the socialized medicine, would all make good conservatives.

[IvanT]

Yeah, unfortunately, with all the immigration flow into Toronto, we conservatives in the East are being outnumbered deliberately.

I still would lament the day that Alberta left Canada, I would rather see they get the representation they deserve and be given the status that they've earned within the country. I don't know whether voting for the Alliance will help them in that cause, it likely would, and it's one of the reasons they have my vote come the next election. Losing Alberta would be a serious blow.