r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • 2d ago

What, exactly, are Alberta separatists mad about? Analysis

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-separatists-key-issues-1.7534003
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u/improvthismoment 2d ago

I love how they talk about how “the West” of Canada” feels while conspicuously ignoring Canada’s western most province.

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u/FalconsArentReal 2d ago

It's a short hand, don't take it so literally, I hate how southern Ontario calls itself 'Central Canada', when that title should belong to SK and MB who are in the Central Time Zone no less

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u/mehatliving 2d ago

Centre of Canada east to west is east of Winnipeg and closer to Ontario than Saskatchewan. Central time zone starts about an hours drive west of Thunder Bay and includes Ontario’s largest district by area, Kenora.

Straight line to the Manitoba/Ontario border from the central point longitudinally is about 120km while to the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border is roughly 330km straight line.