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The West has put their trust in the Conservatives as long as the East has done for the Liberals.
Not to bust your balloon, but what 'west' would this be? You mean Alberta, right? BC, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have all had provincial NDP governments, not to mention a fair few liberals. And the Republican-lite party actually lost seats in BC this time around. Since when did Alberta all of a sudden start speaking for all of western Canada?