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Stephane Dion and the Liberals are looking more and more like the classic Liberal Party of years past, playing region against region based on vote potential.
Saskatchewan and Alberta have only one Liberal seat between them -- Ralph Goodale's seat in Saskatchewan.
So Stephane Dion's carbon tax plan is designed so that these western provinces will pay the lion's share of the carbon tax, while most of the so-called "revenue neutral" benefits will flow to Ontario and Quebec:
Total seats in Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut combined: 47
Total Liberal seats in Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut combined: 3
Total seats in Ontario and Quebec combined: 181
Total Liberal seats in Ontario and Quebec combined: 68