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Title: The Laurentian Consensus and the Shifting of Power - New Players, Old Challenges
Written By: JaredMilne
Date: Thursday, August 09 at 20:07
 
This past Canada Day, I was reflecting on some of the most interesting trends I’ve noticed over the last couple of years in Canadian politics. John Ibbitson has written about the collapse of what he calls the “Laurentian Consensus”, and the subsequent shift of political power to Western Canada, over and above the old consensus, based on power in Ontario and Quebec, that governed Canada. As power shifted west, so too did the electorate’s values, with Quebec on the outside, or so Ibbitson claimed. At the same time, the Harper government also set about establishing a new narrative of Canada, one that came in response to the original narrative supposedly established by the Liberals that centred around developments that could be attributed to their party.
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[Michael Scott]

I always thoroughly enjoy reading your articles Jared, please keep them coming!