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Two-thirds of Canadians didn’t want Liberals back in power, but perhaps Conservatives need to realize that two-thirds of the country didn’t exactly want them in power, either.

Yes, many in Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Prairies, the West are upset about the result.

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While one-third of Canadians didn’t bother to vote at all, 72 per cent of Saskatchewan voted for a blue wave of Conservative MPs — some with wins of 20,000-plus votes. Our part of the nation made a rather emphatic statement that the direction in this new federal government must change.

But the simple reality in a sea-to-sea-to-sea nation is that we now need to accept the result of our democratic process, which saw a majority of Canadians reject the Conservative agenda. We might not like that out here, but, politicians, of all people, know what it means when “the people have spoken.”

So for Premier Scott Moe to storm out of his office Tuesday morning hollering for a “new deal” from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wasn’t just unhelpful — it was unproductive, and likely irresponsible.