Manitoba Co-operator
The urban-rural divide in support for Canada’s major parties has been around for generations, but has dramatically intensified over the past 25 years.

Comment: The great societal divide

Canada’s split into two distinct political tribes, the rural and urban

After all the ballots were counted in the recent Canadian federal election, was anyone surprised that Gudie Hutchings, incumbent Liberal MP in the district of Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland and Labrador, had been re-elected? After all, western Newfoundland has been a Liberal stronghold since the days of Joey Smallwood. Nevertheless, Hutchings has become something of