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Secessionist movements. Results of the 1995 Quebec independence referendum. 49.42% voted in favour of independence. Alberta [1] Proposed state: Alberta or part as Western Canada. Political party: Maverick Party, Wildrose Independence Party, Independence Party of Alberta. British Columbia together with the Pacific Northwestern US (United States ...
Proposed state: West Canada (Includes Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan as well as sometimes Yukon, The Northwest territories and Nunavut) Political party: Maverick Party, [6][7][8] Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta, Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan. Alberta. Alberta.
The goal of Quebec's sovereignist movement is to make Quebec an independent state. In practice, the terms independentist, sovereignist, and separatist are used to describe people adhering to this movement, although the latter term is perceived as pejorative by those concerned as it de-emphasizes that the sovereignty project aims to achieve political independence without severing economic ...
Alberta separatism comprises a series of 20th- and 21st-century movements (both historic and current) advocating the secession of the province of Alberta from Canada, either by joining the United States, [1][2][3][4] forming an independent nation or by creating a new union with one or more of Canada's western provinces.
The Cascadia movement is a bioregional independence movement based in the Cascadia bioregion of western North America. Potential boundaries differ, with some drawn along existing political state and provincial lines, and others drawn along larger ecological, cultural, political, and economic boundaries. The proposed country or region largely ...
The Front de libération du Québec[a] (FLQ) was a militant Quebec separatist group which aimed to establish an independent and socialist Quebec through violent means. [3][4] It was considered a terrorist group by the Canadian government. [5][6] Founded sometime in the early 1960s, the FLQ conducted a number of attacks between 1963 and 1970, [7 ...
The October Crisis (French: Crise d'Octobre) was a chain of political events in Canada that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross from his Montreal residence. These events saw the Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau ...
American states and Canadian provinces and territories. From the independence of the United States until today, various movements within Canada have campaigned in favour of U.S. annexation of parts of or all of Canada. Historical studies have focused on numerous small-scale movements which are helpful in comparisons of Canadian and American ...