EKOS pollster needs to come out West for a visit

Calgary Herald:

The bigger issue is that an influential person like Graves can harbour such cliched and stereotypical views and put them forward as a political strategy. It’s divisive and disgusting. Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, we hope, is smart enough not to dismiss an entire section of the country as irrelevant and ideologically monochromatic.

We do wonder, though, if Graves’ remarks reflect a CBC hangup. Every time it produces a TV series set in Alberta, it is built around stereotypical themes about ranchers and oilmen. Most Albertans live in cities, drink wine and ponder thread counts in their bedding. Albertans are noted for their volunteer spirit, generosity and friendliness to all.

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