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Campaign Call: Western separatism amid a moment of Canadian unity

2025/4/11
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The Decibel

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We’re halfway through the election period and it’s time for Campaign Call, The Decibel’s weekly election panel making sense of the major issues. This week, the embers of western separatism) were stoked by an opinion piece by Preston Manning) published in The Globe, arguing that national unity is on the ballot. We explore the threats of regionalism amidst the surge of pro-Canadian sentiment across the country. Plus, we’ll look into how the major parties are making their pitch to win over a crucial voting demographic – seniors.

Feature writer Shannon Proudfoot), Alberta politics reporter Carrie Tait), columnist Konrad Yakabuski) based in Montreal and Meera Raman), retirement and financial planning reporter, discuss the big stories with host Menaka Raman-Wilms).

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