Liberal Leader Mark Carney says he governs for all of Canada and called prominent conservative Preston Manning's comments on Western independence "dramatic" during a campaign stop in Montreal on Friday. 

In a recent op-ed for the Globe and Mail, 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 …