Western alienation

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Western alienation, in Canadian politics, is the notion that the Western provinces—British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba—have been marginalized within the Confederation, particularly compared to Central Canada, which consists of Canada's two most populous provinces, Ontario and Quebec. Expressions of western alienation frequently allege that Eastern Canada is politically over-represented and receives out-sized economic benefits at the expense of western Canadians. Western alienation has a long history within Canada, dating back to the nineteenth century. It has led to the establishment of many Western regional political parties at both the provincial and federal levels and from both the right and left sides of the political spectrum, although since the 1980s, western alienation has been more closely associated with and espoused by conservative politicians. While such movements have tended to express a desire for a larger place for the west within Confederation, western alienation...

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