Roger Gibbins

In Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark: The West Versus the Rest Since Confederation, Mary Janigan addresses a large and contentious issue—the place of the West in Canada—by exploring the historical struggle of the Prairie provinces to secure ownership of their natural resources on the same constitutional footing enjoyed by the other…

Alberta is somewhat of a puzzle for most Canadians. How can a province be so chronically unhappy with its place in Confederation when it is so prosperous, so blessed with natural resource wealth and has just posted a $5 billion surplus for 2004/05? What is it with those guys, anyway? For Albertans themselves, however, there is little…