🚀 go-pugleaf

I agree. I talked with family in Sask. last nite and they were telling me about
the dire situation that the farmers are in. Some have already gone under and
lots more will go bust by spring at the latest. There is huge frustration there
and they feel that Ottawa
is ignoring them, considering that The Federal gov. is rolling in surpluses and
will not entertain the possiblility of assisting an industry that is in BIG
trouble. And it is compounded by the fact that they (the farmers) are being
dictated to as to whom and
what price they can market their products. The other thing that troubles many
westerners is the fact that Canadian Airlines, for
all intents and purposes, is now an Eastern Canadian company that in the long
run, will not serve us here in the west. I have not flown Air Canada in over 22
years, because I found them arrogant, and this has not changed. Air Canada was
bitching that
Canadian was bailed out by the feds a few yrs ago and that they were a sick
puppy etc. That pissed me off coz till Air Canada
was sold a few yrs ago, they were subsidized by taxpayers for decades! They
already had the head start, so to speak! Thank god we have WestJet! lol   Sorry
for the rant, but I do not like Air Canada, and it has been a sad week.

Cheers

TRY AGAIN wrote:

> Evening Jack ---------> I stuck my foot out an posted the message into
> alt.canadian and a few other canadian newsgroups.
>
> We will see soon enough which way the arrows fly.
>
> But it would be really interesting to try to find out if Western
> Canadians would be seriously interested in going it alone.
>
> It's not an easy decision that one would take lightly and I'm sure our
> fellow Canadians in Quebec have agonized over that decision as well.
>
> In article <384F0268.A2118D73@nospam.com>, Jack Frost
> <spamnotallowedhere@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> > Good idea my learned friend...
> >
> > TRY AGAIN wrote:
> >
> > > RECENTLY---------> A western Canadian named Jack Frost
> > > <shriveledballs@hotmail.com>  made some interesting comments including
> > >
> > >  >It's just more evidence to convince us here in the west
> > >
> > > MAYBE IT IS TIME THAT WESTERN CANADA SEPERATED.
> > >
> > > THINK ABOUT IT FOLKS ------> If the western provinces BC - Alberta -
> > > Sask - Manitoba seperated and then each split horizontally in two there
> > > would then be a new country with six provinces or states..........
> > >
> > > If Thunder Bay and North Western Ontario lets say from Sudbury west
> > > joined in there would be seven and at that stage logically Toronto and
> > > surrounding area would become a new country.
> > >
> > > The Yukon and NWT would join Western Canada and now we are nine
> > >
> > > Quebec would be delighted to go their way and the Maritimes would all
> > > band together and become their own country as well with five provinces
> > > or states.
> > >
> > > Western Canada would have 9 Provinces or  States ( whatever ) with
> > > access to the great lakes and US through Thunder Bay - a first rate
> > > Pacific seaport - mineral and mining - forests - natural resources -
> > > people - food production to feed all etc etc etc.
> > >
> > > And a poplulation of ---------   how many million ???
> > >
> > > The new country of Toronto would have sea access - so would Quebec and
> > > obviously the Maritime nation and everyone would have access to the US.
> > >
> > > Since this is 1999 and not 1899 or 1799 we would all have the advantage
> > > of designing a new constitution to suit our individual countries needs
> > > that would be modern and in keeping with the times.
> > >
> > > Right now a lot of the rules and laws we live by were designed
> > > centuries ago when nobody envisioned what it's like today.
> > >
> > > WHAT SAY............ Same old Same old - or is it time to seriously
> > > take a page from Mr. Bouchard and all of us split up into new countries
> > > that are able to cope and deal with the geographical concerns that we
> > > all feel.
> > >
> > > Far be it for me to set the referendum date in Quebec and the
> > > referendum date for the rest of Canada but how about July 1 2000
> > >
> > > WHAT SAY..........  Anyone out here that would seriously like to start
> > > the debate and get the show on the road.
> > >
> > > WHAT SAY.........  If nobody does nothing - then nothing gets done.
> > >
> > > WHAT SAY.........  Mr Bouchard how about if we all do it on July 1 2000
> > >
> > > WHAT SAY.........  Quebec VOTES FOR INDEPENDANCE  on July 1 2000
> > >
> > > WHAT SAY.........  Toronto  VOTES FOR INDEPENDANCE  on July 1 2000
> > >
> > > WHAT SAY.........  The Maritimes VOTES FOR INDEPENDANCE  on July 1 2000
> > >
> > > WHAT SAY.........  Western Canada VOTES FOR INDEPENDANCE  on July 1 2000