Canada is often viewed as a model of harmony. In the western prairies, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party were shut out. A Quebec party that advocates independence from Canada surged. The results of Canada’s national election on Monday has echoes of divisions in other countries across the world where regionalism is intensifying and the urban-rural divide is growing. And, after Canada’s election, separatists in the western prairie provinces are calling again for #Wexit.

Source: New York Times October 22, 2019 18:02 UTC