| Canadian politics can be summed up as follows:
a) Apathy by most of western canada since Quebec and Ontario take all the federal money for themselves, but now that Alberta is oil rich because of the price of oil and their sand tar oil Quebec wants their oil proceeds and Alberta is fighting back. British Columbia is for all intents and purposes another country especially since China got back Hong Kong and many wealthy citizens of Hong Kong have moved to Vancouver.
b) Strong, vocal, separatist minority that's almost a majority in Quebec represented by Bloc Quebecois who every few years manages to stage a referendum for Quebec to secede and it almost has passed a couple of times.
c) Very socialist in terms of spending on national health care, pensions, etc.
d) Libertarian. Marijuana and hash are basically legal in coffee houses and for personal use all over British Columbia just as they are in Amsterdam. Quebec just legalized clubs for swingers where sex can be had by multiple partners on the premises. |