While I’m glad that Preston Manning will be voting against separatism, I am concerned that he states, “The onus is on the pro-federalists.” I suggest that the onus is on separatists to provide answers to important issues and questions that many raise. Let’s not let the separatists off the hook in their responsibility to provide answers about the effect that separatism would have on the benefits and services we have come to enjoy and rely on.

These benefits come with being part of the large and strong federation that is Canada. Benefits  include: health care coverage and pharmaceutical savings; protection of our health and safety through food and drug regulations; administration of CPP, Old Age Security, the Child Benefit, banking regulations, monetary policy and currency; reimbursements for, and administration of, federal assets (bases, airports, prisons, research centres etc); intellectual property; security intelligence, cybercrime; passports, embassies and consulates; coastline access, border control, and national defence.

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