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Cascadia Movement’s History and the Growing Debate Over B.C. Independence
The B.C. Prosperity Project held its first meeting with 14,000 Facebook followers, reflecting a resource-focused separatist push amid only 11% public support for secession, Pollara said.
- The B.C. Prosperity Project held its inaugural meeting in Campbell River, with organizer Peter Letourneux saying the movement is growing fast and urging supporters to hang on.
- Cascadia's roots date to the 19th century, with the modern movement beginning in 2005, and Cory Pahl, former Cascadia Party candidate, says `The goal of the party was really just to bring awareness of the unique challenges facing B.C. and the Pacific Northwest from an environmental and industrial development standpoint`.
- Echoing Alberta's branding, the group's name recalls the Alberta Prosperity Project, whose separatist members were recently accused of treason by B.C. Premier David Eby; the inaugural meeting drew protesters including Michelle Babchuk, who rejected local separatism.
- Canada's Supreme Court ruled in 1998 that provinces cannot unilaterally secede, and last month Pollara found 11 per cent of British Columbians support secession, with research indicating economic costs similar to Britain's EU exit.
- Prest says alienation from the rest of Canada is core to B.C.'s identity, but he questions if B.C. separatism would gain broad support, citing cultural ties across Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland. `So that is a distinct kind of realignment of politics related to this polarization of politics and the growth of a populist reaction that we have been talking about for the last number of years`, Prest said.
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Cascadia movement has roots in the past, but does B.C. separatism have a future?
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Cascadia movement has roots in the past, but does B.C. separatism have a future? – Energeticcity.ca
VICTORIA — In 2017, Cory Pahl was a candidate for the Cascadia Party of British Columbia, whose official goals included the creation of a provincial assembly that would assert the sovereign rights of “British Columbians, Canadians and Cascadians.” Cascadia, the concept of commonality between British Columbia and U.S. states in the Pacific Northwest, has roots dating back to the 19th century and beyond. It has sometimes been expressed as a desire…
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