Western Alienation on the Rise as Election Nears

The "United We Roll" convoy of semi-trucks prepares to leave Red Deer, Alta., on Feb. 14, 2019, on its way to Ottawa to draw attention to lack of support for the energy sector and lack of pipelines. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Preston Manning, who gave a voice to Western Canada’s discontentment with Ottawa with the founding of the Reform Party, is again sounding the alarm on rising Western alienation.

Manning said in a speech at the Canadian Club of Calgary late last month that the feeling of alienation  is increasing, particularly in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and that “there’s real reasons for why people are angry and disillusioned,” according to Global News.