The Atlantica Party is a small registered Canadian political party based in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

 and claiming to be active also in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, PEI

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

 and Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

. The Atlantica Party association was registered with the government of Nova Scotia as a political association in April 2009. 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

Elections Nova Scotia

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 on March 10, 2010.

Platform

Aspects of this platform included:

• 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
  Single transferable vote
  The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...
  
  . - other parties are generally neutral on the type of electoral reform
  Electoral reform
  Electoral reform is change in electoral systems to improve how public desires are expressed in election results. That can include reforms of:...
  
  , though some (like the Green Party of Nova Scotia
  Green Party of Nova Scotia
  The Green Party of Nova Scotia is a green political party in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It received official party status in the province in April, 2006...
  
  ) favor any form of reform at all.
• Fully transparent governance.
• Promoting a written constitution for Nova Scotia and an active effort to unite Atlantic Canada in some form with a common bargaining position and prepare for the event of Quebec sovereignty

• 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.

Party leaders

Jonathan Geoffrey Dean (November 17, 2006 – present). He ran in the provincial election of 2009 in the riding of Halifax Clayton Park

Halifax Clayton Park

Halifax Clayton Park is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly...

, placing fifth with 51 votes. In 2010, Dean ran in a byelection in the riding of Yarmouth

Yarmouth (provincial electoral district)

Yarmouth is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It consists of the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth and the town of Yarmouth. Fishing and fish processing continue to drive the economy here, although tourism...

, finishing last with 19 votes.

External links

• Atlantica Party official site