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WESTERN CANADA CONCEPT [2 records]

Record 1 2018-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
OBS

The Western Canada Concept Party of BC is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada, [that was deregistered in 2013.] It was the British Columbia branch of the Western Canada Concept ...

Key term(s)
  • Western Canada Concept Party of British Columbia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
Key term(s)
  • Western Canada Concept Party of British Columbia

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

The Western Canada Concept was a Western Canadian political party founded in 1980 to promote the separation of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskathewan, Alberta and British Columbia and the Yukon and Northwest Territories from Canada in order to create a new nation. The party's concerns centred on perception that Western Canada could not receive fair treatment while the interests of Quebec and Ontario dominated Canadian politics. The party gained popularity in Alberta when western alienation was at its height following the federal Liberal government announcement of the National Energy Program in October 1980. This policy aimed to ensure low energy costs for Canadian industry and consumers, a policy that would not benefit Alberta, Canada's major producer of oil and gas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens

Spanish

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