Three Provinces, Three Cultures
How did Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta turn out so differently? July–August 2011
The ecent federal election gave the Harper Conservatives and the New Democratic Party the upper hand in Ottawa. Since both parties had their origins in Prairie protest movements, the roots of which go back over a century, it is useful to look at the forces that launched them.
For more than a hundred years these forces have had huge impacts on election outcomes in…