The West is furious, separation talk is growing. Can Mark Carney hold the country together before it falls apart?

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Disappointment and frustration can lead people to do foolish things.

Conservatives in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, in particular, are profoundly disappointed that Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party of Canada was defeated by a coalition of progressive voters in the federal election. In their anger, many have lashed out and called for regional separation from Canada, despite the economic risks and political instability such a move would bring.

They don’t seem to care that the move would be disastrous economically, almost certainly leading to a deeply diminished standard of living. Nor do they seem to care that such divisive talk feeds into the Donald Trump playbook of divide and conquer, making his dream of seeing Canada as the 51st state more achievable.

Part of what hurts so much, it seems, is that the Conservative Party won a higher per cent of votes than it had even when Stephen Harper formed government. The party broke through in Ontario’s 905 belt, snatching seats away from the Liberals. Had the NDP and Bloc voters not shifted en masse to the Liberals in a “stop Poilievre” movement, we would have a Conservative government today (albeit without an elected leader, since Poilievre lost his own seat). They can thank Trump for that.

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