Cascadia, Cascadia, Cascadia . . .

Western Separation [in Canada] is being talked about again with great interest. Though I'm only 40, it's clear that the feeling of alienation amongst the people of Western Canada has been present for a long time. But in the past two decades this alienation has been growing at a fever pitch. Being peaceful, law-abiding people, there was never any talk of a revolution. Instead we sent en masse to Ottawa the Reform Party, which tried in ernest to effect some of the changes we Westerners wanted. But they were laughed at and not a thing changed. Even simple changes like an elected senate were completely ignored.

When I ask my eastern friends whether they would ever vote for a Prime Minister from the West, they just smile and say, "Nope".

We've now had at least 12 years of complete corruption at the federal level. Yet, the same party has stayed in power and is more popular than ever in the province of Ontario. The icing on this foul-tasting cake of corruption and incompetence has got to be the appointment of a Governor General who was so clearly affiliated with Quebec FLQ separtists and to this day has not given up her French citizenship.

I sometimes feel like Canada is in the middle of a Monty Python skit. But the punch line never comes and the skit never ends. It just goes on & on & on & . . . .

After the next federal election, when the federal Liberals are once again elected into power, then I do believe that most British Columbians and Albertans will finally wake up to the reality that things will never get better for us. They will finally realize, as I have, that it is not us in the West who are leaving Canada but the rest of Canada that has long ago deserted the West. We just need to formalize this reality through a peaceful referendum.

Cascadia! Bring It On!!!