While British Columbians voted in a Conservative government for the first time in close to a century over the weekend, Vancouver elected a more progressive municipal government just a week earlier, marking a major contrast between the province’s largest urban centre and the rest of the province.
And this week, Toronto voted in progressive Olivia Chow for a second term, as the province continues to be led by a Progressive Conservative government.
The deep urban to rural divide was also seen in Alberta’s referendum. Putting aside the separation-related question, Edmonton and Calgary voted against almost all the changes Premier Danielle Smith had sought with the other nine questions, while the areas outside the two major urban centres generally endorsed those changes….