the Reform Party founder pointed to the deep-rooted feelings of Western alienation among some voters and argued support for independence will boil over if the Liberals are re-elected April 28.
"Voters, particularly in central and Atlantic Canada, need to recognize that a vote for the Carney Liberals is a vote for Western secession — a vote for the breakup of Canada as we know it," Manning wrote.
"The next prime minister of Canada, if it remains Mark Carney, would then be identified in the history books, tragically and needlessly, as the last prime minister of a united Canada."
Manning said the push for secession is rooted in Alberta and Saskatchewan, provinces long angered by the Liberals' natural resource policies, but has the potential to spread to Manitoba, British Columbia and the territories.
"Voters, particularly in central and Atlantic Canada, need to recognize that a vote for the Carney Liberals is a vote for Western secession — a vote for the breakup of Canada as we know it," Manning wrote.
"The next prime minister of Canada, if it remains Mark Carney, would then be identified in the history books, tragically and needlessly, as the last prime minister of a united Canada."
Manning said the push for secession is rooted in Alberta and Saskatchewan, provinces long angered by the Liberals' natural resource policies, but has the potential to spread to Manitoba, British Columbia and the territories.
