Atlantica Party
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| Atlantica Party | |
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 Active provincial party |
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| Leader | Jonathan Dean |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | 1096 Queen Street Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 2R9 |
| Ideology | Populism Libertarianism Fiscal Conservatism |
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| Politics of Nova Scotia Political parties Elections |
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The Atlantica Party is a small registered Canadian political party based in Nova Scotia and claiming to be active also in New Brunswick, PEI and Newfoundland and Labrador. The Atlantica Party association was registered with the government of Nova Scotia as a political association in April 2009.[1] During the Nova Scotia general election, 2009 the party began to recruit candidates and revealed a platform. It was officially registered as a political party by Elections Nova Scotia on March 10, 2010.[2][3]
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[edit] Platform
Aspects of this platform included:[4][5]
- A set policies to give Nova Scotia a re-birth of democracy.
- A political system with full separation of political powers making it policy forward, answerable to, focused on and involving citizens.
- A reformed voting system where every vote counts and every vote is equal eg Single Transferable Vote. - other parties are generally neutral on the type of electoral reform, though some (like the Green Party of Nova Scotia) favor any form of reform at all.
- Fully transparent governance.
- Promoting a written constitution for Nova Scotia
- Make an active effort to unite Atlantic Canada in some form with a common bargaining position or into a united province. Both actions are intended to prepare for the event of Quebec sovereignty should that ever occur.
- A basket of policies that will give Nova Scotia long term growth rates higher than other regions in North America.
- Set a hard target to get Nova Scotia off equalization payments making Nova Scotia a 'have' province.
- Steady, gradual reduction in government spending and taxation while maintaining a firm commitment to balanced budgets and debt reduction.
- Protecting and extending individual liberty and freedom.
- Libertarian progressive social policies such as a referendum on legalizing and regulating marijuana - a position held also by the Greens and Nova Scotia Marijuana Party
- A party that purports to discard the old ideological silos of blue, red, orange and green in favour of a multi-hued grassland where every citizen votes his or her own conscience without fear of marginalization, party politics or government manipulation.
[edit] Party leaders
Jonathan Geoffrey Dean (November 17, 2006 – present). He ran in the provincial election of 2009 in the riding of Halifax Clayton Park, placing fifth with 51 votes.[6] In 2010, Dean ran in a byelection in the riding of Yarmouth, finishing last with 19 votes.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies
- ^ "Atlantica Party offers new voice to N.S. voters". CBC News, March 11, 2010.
- ^ "Atlantica Party gears up for next provincial vote", Chronicle-Herald, March 11, 2010.
- ^ The Bruce Report May 19, 2009
- ^ metronews.ca halifax May 27, 2009
- ^ CBC Nova Scotia Votes 2009, interactive map: Halifax/Clayton Park.
- ^ Electoral district of Yarmouth by-election results. Elections Nova Scotia, June 22, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010. (PDF)
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