Republic of Cascadia?

[Zoisite]

Originally Posted by missRoxyhart

I was just wondering, do people in that part of Canada wanna be separate from the rest of it?

Do they feel isolated from their government and country too?

Also, if they were independent, would they wanna join with the US Northwest states?

Is there that much of a "brotherhood" type relationship over there?

In answer to your questions, NO and NO and NO, and to the 4th question - NO, there is no particular sense of "brotherhood" by a long shot but there is certainly friendship and there is definitely relating to each other in that there are similarities in our appreciation of the climate and environment and natural resources. I think it would be safe to say that British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California take pride in our mutual "green-ness", our environmental awareness and a desire to conserve and preserve the natural resources of the west coast.

But as to BC separating from Canada to join Cascadia - not a chance of a snowball in hell of something like that being a consideration. There are way too many political and societal differences in other ways for it to be a consideration and British Columbians LIKE being part of Canada, and we like our freedoms, our constitutional monarchy and our form of parliamentary government.

However, if those 3 states to our south and Alaska to the northwest wanted to separate from the USA to become territories of Canada then Canada would probably be amenable to that. I'm sure something could be worked out.

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[Nairobi]

No, because it makes the map of the US look ugly.

[Deezus]

Originally Posted by Zoisite

However, if those 3 states to our south and Alaska to the northwest wanted to separate from the USA to become territories of Canada then Canada would probably be amenable to that. I'm sure something could be worked out.

Please take us Canada... We promise to be good Canadians.

I for one would welcome our new Canadian overlords. And I would happily look forward to government health care, Tim Hortons franchises and being able to watch Hockey Night in Canada while Canadians will get a sunny and mild place to spend the winter in California along with a good chunk of the US high tech industry, more oil in Alaska, and plus all the great microbrews and wines from Oregon...

I'm sure we can make a deal that works for everyone...

[CoastalSprite]

Originally Posted by Zoisite

But as to BC separating from Canada to join Cascadia - not a chance of a snowball in hell of something like that being a consideration.There are way too many political and societal differences in other ways for it to be a consideration and British Columbians LIKE being part of Canada, and we like our freedoms, our constitutional monarchy and our form of parliamentary government.

I agree with this. I love Seattle more than our Canadian counterparts, but I think our ideological differences may be troublesome to sort out. For example, deciding whether to keep the American or Canadian gun laws, or having private or universal healthcare.

[where2raise]

Let me just say that I wouldn't be an American if it weren't for the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

[mancat100]

Originally Posted by Alki

While this is highly unlikely, keep in mind that any state in the US has the constitutional right to secede from the rest of the country. I'm not exactly sure how it works in Canada.

No. They don't. There is no provision in the Constitution for leaving, only for entering.

[Mini-apple-less]

It's a cool idea but probably won't happen for hundreds of years. There's just not enough social connection between BC and the American Northwest to make it work.