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	Annexationist movements of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the late 1860s, residents of British Columbia (which was not yet a Canadian province) responded to American annexation of Alaska with a sense of being hemmed in.
		The Unionest Party (sic) was a provincial political party in Saskatchewan in 1980 that promoted the union of the western provinces with the United States.
		Parti 51 was a short-lived political party in Quebec in the 1980s that advocated Quebec's admission to the United States as the 51st state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Annexationist_movements_of_Canada (1811 words)

	ipedia.com: British Columbia Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		As of 2001, the population was 3,907,738 (British Columbians).
		British Columbia is on the extreme west of Canada, on the Pacific coast.
		The southern border of British Columbia was established by the 1846 Oregon Treaty.
	www.ipedia.com /british_columbia.html (972 words)

	British Columbia Liberal Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The British Columbia Liberal Party is a right-of-centre provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada, differing from some other right-of-centre parties in being fiscally conservative and socially moderate (or neoliberal).
		Party politics were only introduced in 1903 election with the formation of the British Columbia Conservative Party.
		In order to prevent the British Columbia CCF from winning in a three party competition, the government introduced instant-runoff voting, with the expectation that Conservative voters would list the Liberals as their second choice and vice versa.
	british-columbia-liberal-party.ask.dyndns.dk (2093 words)

	British Columbia - Canadian Confederation
		It was, according to historian George Woodcock, "the first body resembling a political party ever created in British Columbia." The league had two major goals: union with Canada, and the introduction of responsible government institutions within the colony.
		The annexation movement, active in 1867, gained renewed attention in 1869 and the level of interest was enough to alarm union supporters.
		In March 1870, the British Columbia legislature began "The Great Confederation Debates." There were several strong anti-Confederation voices within the assembly, including John Sebastian Helmcken, but the issue of whether or not to seek union with Canada was essentially already decided.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /confederation/023001-2185-e.html (1918 words)

	Welcome to British Columbia, Canada
		As of 2005, the population estimate is 4,220,000 (British Columbians).
		British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, bordered by the Pacific coast.
		British Columbia is the only province in Canada with recall election and initiative legislation.
	www.hometowncanada.com /bc (2005 words)

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		Annexation Party of British Columbia - The goal of the party is the annexation of the Province of British Columbia (BC) into the United States of America (US), thus making BC the 51st state of the Union.
		Although the party has served as the official opposition of Canada, it is a technical impossibility for the party to form a government, alone.
		Republican Party (US) - Founded as the US nationwide anti-slavery party, the Republican Party has evolved into a party based on the belief that it is not the government, but the individual citizen, through business and financial interests, who should guide society.
	www.unitednorthamerica.org /links.htm (1733 words)

	List of political parties in Canada - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In contrast with the political party systems of many nations, Canadian parties at the federal level are often only loosely connected with parties at the provincial level, despite having similar names.
		The below political parties are believed to possess an extant national organization of some extent and have indicated they plan to gather signatures for the purposes of registration.
		From approximately 1898 to 1905, political parties were active, however, legislative government was eliminated when the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created out of the heavily populated area of NWT.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/List_of_political_parties_in_Canada (886 words)

	The Annexation Party of British Columbia
		The GOAL of the "ANNEXATION PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA" is the annexation of the Province of British Columbia (BC) into the United States of America (US), thus making BC the 51st state of the Union.
		The PURPOSE of the Party, if elected, will be to provide a "CHOICE" to all the residents and voters of BC to break free of Canadian Confederation, become independent, and begin the diplomatic negotiations to become a state of The United States of America.
		Annexation BC believes our elected representatives must be seated at the table which most affects them, in Washington, DC, if we are ever to exact positive and long-term change and prosperity for BC.
	www.annexationbc.com (464 words)

	CTV.ca \| Fringe parties make for vibrant B.C. campaign
		Party spokesman Kirk Tousaw said the party is aiming at having a pro-legalization candidate in every riding.
		The party wants to ensure there are candidates who are "willing to talk loudly and longly about the issue of allowing the provinces to regulate marijuana in an above-ground market instead of Ottawa's federal criminal law pushing everything into the fl market," he said.
		The party would support sex education that encourages sexual activity, but in a gradual and disciplined way, including instruction in "sexual gradualism" to teach teens to explore the "erotic responsiveness" of their bodies without contact with other people.
	ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1114885586480_33/?hub=Canada (890 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Marcy advocated annexation and a draft of a treaty was actually agreed upon with the Hawaiian ministry, but its completion was delayed by the successful exercise of foreign influence upon the heir to the throne, and finally defeated by the death of the king, Kamehameha III.
		It was the belief of the British consul that American influence might thus be broken, and the field left clear for a settlement of the question of ultimate sovereignty between the two powers, whose policy in that part of the world was one of conquest or colonization.
		In legislative assembly of 1878, a large and noisy party of British sympathizers attacked the government severely and threatened the reciprocity treaty so seriously that I wrote a note of warning and protest to the minister of foreign affairs (appears as inclosure No. 4 with my dispatch No. 43) which was subsequently approved by Mr.
	www.kohala.net /blount/blountfiles/0to28.txt (9146 words)

	cric.ca - Canada's Portal - Quick Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Another political party, the Reformers, emerged in the early years of the 19th century and railed against the governor’s use of nepotism.
		At the time, the concept of responsible government was understood as giving the majority party the power to instruct the governor on the running of colonial affairs.
		The Progressive Conservative Party was haunted in that election by its political and financial failures, as well as English Canada’s negative reaction to the Free Trade Agreement.
	www.cric.ca /en_html/guide/parties/parties.html (1991 words)

	CALDER v. ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
		That the Government of British Columbia shall be repre- sented by counsel, that the Indians shall be represented by counsel nominated and paid by the Dominion.
		The Colony of British Columbia, being the mainland of what is now the Province, was established by the British Crown in 1858 and the same James Douglas was the first Governor of the Colony with full executive powers.
		In so far as the Colony of British Columbia was concerned, a policy of compensating the Indians by payment of moneys for "the surrender of the territory which they have been taught to regard as their own" had not been and was not thereafter adopted.
	library.usask.ca /native/cnlc/vol07/043.html (15410 words)

	British Columbia : search word
		Before that, the government was led by the right-wing Social Credit Party for many years, but in the early 1990s the party collapsed due to scandal.
		Main article: History of British Columbia From 1818 to 1846, British Columbia south of 54°40′ and west of the Rocky Mountains was part of the Oregon Country.
		The land was under the control of the Hudson's Bay Company, and was divided into the departments of Columbia (south of the Columbia River) and New Caledonia (north of the river).
	www.searchword.org /br/british-columbia.html (1444 words)

	Shared Vision: Four To Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		British Columbia Marijuana Party website In the 2001 election, the BCMP became the first party to run a full slate of candidates in its first provincial election and captured three per cent of the provincial vote.
		Work Less Party of British Columbia website The party that believes that “we are proudly working and sacrificing endless hours of our own personal well-being to make things that are having a detrimental impact on the planet” will field more than 10 candidates.
		Party Of Citizens Who Have Decided To Think For Themselves And Be Their Own Politicians website The name pretty much says it all.
	www.shared-vision.com /2005/sv1804/fourtowatch1804.html (1886 words)

	British Columbia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		As of 2004, the population was 4,168,123 (''British Columbians'').
		Consistent with both increased tourism and increased participation in diverse recreations by British Columbians themselves has been the proliferation of lodges, chalets, bed and breakfasts, motels, hotels, fishing camps, and park-camping facilities in recent decades.
		In 1907, British Columbia's territory shrank somewhat after the Alaska Boundary Dispute awarded part of northwestern B.C. to the United States.
	british-columbia.ask.dyndns.dk (1578 words)

	BC Marijuana Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Gerald Baier of the University of British Columbia.
		Most fringe parties aren't running candidates in all or even most of the 79 ridings, but each is fired by a distinct vision for a better B.C. That was expressed by the Marijuana party with the sparking of hundreds of doobies at a toke-in on the lawn of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
		The BC Marijuana Party - 4th largest political party in BC - is being systematically excluded from participating in the 2005 election campaign.
	bcmp.blogspot.com (3676 words)

	Dennis Fox’s Weblog » Blog Archive » British Columbia Political Fringe
		Then there is the Annexation Party of B.C., which posits that British Columbia would thrive better as the 51st state of the United States.
		Except for the Annexation Party’s short-sighted interest in joining the U.S., most of the parties mentioned seem to raise serious issues despite, as the article says, their tongue-in-cheek platforms.
		One of the friends I’ll visit in British Columbia is Ron Sakolsky, who taught as I did at the University of Illinois at Springfield (originally the more interesting Sangamon State University).
	blog.dennisfox.net /index.php/archives/2005/04/21/british-columbia-political-fringe (847 words)

	British Columbia Politics - Canadawiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Before 1903 there were no political parties in British Columbia, except at the federal level.
		Sir Richard McBride was the first Premier to declare a party affiliation (Conservative Party of Canada) and institute conventional party/caucus politics.
		Recall and Initiative British Columbia is the only province in Canada with recall election and initiative legislation.
	canadawiki.org /index.php?title=British_Columbia_Politics&printable=yes (395 words)

	Image:Flag of British Columbia.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons.
		Party of Citizens Who Have Decided to Think for Themselves and Be Their Own Politicians
		Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Image:Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg (243 words)

	The Fringe Festival of Democracy :: thetyee.ca
		ANNEXATION PARTY OF B.C. POLICY: Province should join the United States as 51st state of the union.
		During this period British Columbia was in the middle of a long recession.
		It was addressed to the Queen and asked either that the British government assume the colony's expenses and debts, and establish a steamer link between the colony and Britain, or that the colony be permitted to join the United States.
	thetyee.ca /Views/2005/03/28/Fringe (1493 words)

	On the CN Strike
		The former Moscow-loyalists of the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) and the ex-Maoist Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) are both fielding candidates in the election.
		Annexation No! Sovereignty Yes!” A 26 May statement by the Marxist-Leninist Party Youth calls for, “taking up the challenge to build the kind of political party in Canada which will empower all Canadians and release their initiative to take up their own nation-building project.”
		Such a party can only be forged on the basis of an uncompromising struggle for the complete political independence of the working class from the bosses and their political agents.
	www.bolshevik.org /Leaflets/2004canelect.htm (3466 words)

	The Royal Engineers in British Columbia 1858-1863
		The answer to Douglas’ plea was the Columbia Detachment of the Royal Engineers, 160-strong, under Col. Richard Moody.
		An advance party of Engineers was on hand at Fort Langley in November 1858 to see Douglas sworn in as governor of a new Crown Colony.
		Third, they would create a British presence in the colony and “promote a high social standard of civilization” for this new frontier.
	members.shaw.ca /rkcampbell (426 words)

	Canadian Political Parties/Les Partis politiques du Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Party of Citizens Who Have Decided To Think For Themselves And Be Their Own Politicians, POC
		Parti municipal Rive-Sud - Équipe Gladu, PMRS (Longueuil)
		Parti Municipal Énergie avec Sylvie Surpenant, PME-Surpenant (Ste-Thérèse)
	home.ican.net /~alexng/can.html (770 words)

	Alliance \| Advocacy > Campaign for Culture
		Brief statements from each party are available through Elections BC, along with a list of registered parties and their contact information.
		If there is no link to a party's arts and culture platform (or a similar platform), a specific policy on arts and culture could not be found, and parties without websites (or websites that could not be found) are not included on this list:
		Most party websites contain links to their election platform, as well as links to find the candidate in your riding.
	www.allianceforarts.com /advocacy/campaign-for-culture.html (858 words)

	Listings British Columbia: Political parties
		Your browser does not support script The GOAL of the "ANNEXATION PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA" is the annexation of the Province of British Columbia (BC) into the United States of America (US), thus...
		The Conservative Party of Canada Vancouver East Constituency Association is a...
		Rafe Mair Online is a place for discussion of topics of interest to the citizens and communities of Canada, particularly in the Pacific province of British Columbia.
	listingsbc.ca /Government/Political (603 words)

	The Black Flag Cafe :: View topic - BC's Day of Fringe Fun in The Clouds.
		I recall ten years ago when they relaxed them even more, a local clown was urging all other clowns to get their inflated butts and red noses down to city hall to register themselves as political parties.
		VANCOUVER — While the Liberals and NDP jockey for position in British Columbia's May 17 election, the fringe parties in Lotusland are almost as thick on the ground as smoke is in the air at a Marijuana party campaign event.
		Fox hopes that his Rhinoceros Party will be able to influence dominant B.C. parties by putting forward some alternative ideas on how B.C. could be run.
	www.comebackalive.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9999 (1442 words)

	Elections BC
		Communist Party of BC Communist Party of BC Communist Party of British Columbia
		Green Party of BC Green Party of British Columbia
		New Democratic Party of B.C. BC New Democrats
	www.elections.bc.ca /reg/polpartiesreg.htm (216 words)

	Election :: Salt Spring News :: Daily News Of and For Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Today, even if the parties are not explicitly campaigning on specific issues in the bilateral relationship, the United States is at the heart of the campaign.
		The University of British Columbia Board of Governors, in late 2002, re-appointed Martha Piper as UBC President and Vice Chancellor.
		A Conservative Party campaign official said yesterday there is “no connection” between the federal party and the website and chalked the complaint up to a party member who is still upset about the merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance in 2003.
	www.saltspringnews.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=9 (14111 words)

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