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Rural BC Party
The Rural BC Party is a defunct minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party was co-founded in 2018 by Houston, British Columbia, Houston councillor Jonathan Van Barneveld and then-mayor of Telkwa Darcy Repen. The party's stated objective was to provide representation and support to people living in rural areas of British Columbia, believing that the province's more major parties focus excessively on urban areas. The party voluntarily deregistered on August 15, 2023. Policies The Rural BC Party's main focus is on representing the needs of British Columbians in rural areas, with the party itself stating that the province's main political parties focus far too heavily on urban areas, such as those around Vancouver, Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, and Kelowna. One of the Rural BC Party's goals is to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Legislative Assembly representing a constituency rather than a party. Electoral performance At th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regionalism (politics)
Regionalism is a political ideology that seeks to increase the political power, influence, and/or self-determination of the people of one or more subnational regions. It focuses on the "development of a political or social system based on one or more" regions and/or the national, normative or economic interests of a specific region, group of regions or another subnational entity, gaining strength from or aiming to strengthen the "consciousness of and loyalty to a distinct region with a homogeneous population", similarly to nationalism. More specifically, "regionalism refers to three distinct elements: movements demanding territorial autonomy within unitary states; the organization of the central state on a regional basis for the delivery of its policies including regional development policies; political decentralization and regional autonomy". Regions may be delineated by administrative divisions, culture, language and religion, among others. Regionalists' demands occur in "stron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
