Canada must keep political balkanization at bay GlobeDebate
Daniel Béland is the director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
The language divide in our country cannot be ignored, and the fact that French-language media in Quebec covered the story quite differently from media outlets located in other parts of the country mattered. Other key issues are perceived very differently across the country – in ways that aggravate regional conflict. For instance, a fall 2018suggested that while 43 per cent of Ontarians and 47 per cent of Quebeckers perceived climate change as a “very big” problem, only 22 per cent of Albertans felt the same way.
In Canada, we must find better ways to counter the regional fragmentation of politics and to seek shared solutions to the economic, social and environmental challenges we face as a country. Blaming people from other regions of the country for our woes is counterproductive, so we must get a better sense of why people think the way they do as it relates to their regional identities, perceived interests and everyday experiences.
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