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As a Calgary native who has had the privilege of serving in both the Alberta legislature and federal Parliament, I view the present evolution of the Canadian federation with deep concern and, sadly, disgust.

Historically in Canada, it has always been a challenge to bring together the competing diversities that make up this once great nation, but an underlying premise of its adaptability was always the commitment to treating all parts of this country equitably with fairness and understanding.

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We have not met the challenge. Today the narrow self-interests of the federal government and the hypocritical actions of our provinces, municipalities and Indigenous peoples have all coalesced to cause substantial economic harm to our nation and the isolation of the province of Alberta

While the federal government fawns over the vote-rich province of Quebec in the hope of gaining the seats now held by the NDP and the Bloc, they play word games with the aspirations of Alberta and Canadians who must obtain pipelines to sell its oil to jurisdictions other than the United States, which is now self-sufficient.