At the end of January the Polite Separatist, after much thought, decided to start the British Columbia Prosperity Project. I knew there would be some interest but within two weeks over 12000 people joined the FaceBook group. It now sits at over 19000 and is now a Society registered with the BC Government under the Societies Act.

To say I was surprised is an understatement.

So allow me take a few moments of your time to explain what it is all about and discuss the possibilities. The Society’s aims are simple. As laid out in our constitution they are;

(a) To inform British Columbians through education of possible options for the future of British
Columbia.
(b) To form local Chapters to conduct information sessions through Town Halls and Social
Media.
(c) To provide similar and related services as determined by the membership.

Pretty simple, eh? So what does this mean?

While very roughly patterned with the Alberta Prosperity Project and the Saskatchewan Prosperity Project, there are some fundamental differences. First, we are only informally aligned with APP and SPP. Both of them are dealing from a position of independence or northing while BCPP is, at this point, concerned with possibilities of which there are many options presenting themselves. As such we are interested with the “what ifs” the future may bring and it is our hope to present those possibilities to British Columbians in an educational format. One of these possibilities is independence.

Let’s ask some questions regarding possibilities.

What are the present circumstances and what does it mean?

As it stands, Western Canada has come to a fork in the road with many roads that may be taken. What if Alberta separates? What if it loses the referendum? What about Saskatchewan? What will the outcome be for BC? One thing is certain, no matter what the results in the Alberta referendum of October 19th, politics and social homogeneity in Canada will be changed for decades to come.

Due to friction between the United States and Canada, societal polarizing has been heightened in Canada and possible Western independence is a key issue dividing Canadians. For well over a hundred years, the West has been regarded by eastern Canada as a source and not an equal, albeit sometimes a grumbling one, that is fully under the control of Upper and Lower Canada. In fact, the system that Canada uses to govern is fully optimized to perpetuate this fact. The West is fully controlled by Ottawa and the east. The vast majority of parliamentary seats are in provinces east of Manitoba and the appointed Senate only exists to ensure that politics are those of the ruling class. Both the West and the east have cultures that reflect this. While the West is one of individual responsibility and an ethos of self sufficiency and grit, the east is mainly concerned with social re-engineering and virtue signalling. This is because while being virtuous, the wants of the east are satisfied by the sweat of the West. If the proverbial gravy train stops, how will they survive?

Eastern Canada has become so complacent in its attitudes in the West that to threaten the wealth spring is probably the singular threat they will respond to. Quebec is not only used to but includes massive Equalization payments as a regular budget line item. The Maritimes have been regarded as a poor cousin unable to fend for itself for so long it has lost any reason to strive for success and depends on the West for existence. And yet both feel quite able to disregard and show open contempt for the hands that are forced to work for the resources that make their living standards possible.

And all this is perpetuated by a system that rewards its slaves by a pat on the head with a heart felt “you’re a good Canadian”, between slaps on our means of production. It’s the Canadian version of the Stockholm Syndrome.

So what about British Columbia?

BC has been placed in turmoil over successive NDP and Liberal governments that are essentially the lapdogs of Ottawa. The result is an economy that is close to collapse by an NDP Premier more interested in promoting 100 year old grievances into policy designed to punish the present generation of British Columbians. Our softwood industry is more valuable to British Columbians than any Ontario or Quebec industries yet because BC is essentially a vassal state, those that hold Liberal votes in the east are the priority in Ottawa. Lost BC jobs and a dying economy are of little consequence to anyone in Toronto or Montreal and are rock bottom of any consideration by Ottawa beyond extracting equalization for Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes. BCPP has addressing these inequalities as a priority.

It appears that recent gains by the BC Conservatives may help once they clear the deck of leftover BC Liberals. Note that a look at the last election in BC show that NDP support is mainly in urban locations with large parts of BC holding conservative views. So far, this inequity has brought dividends to Eby and the NDP. However we are a long ways away from a provincial election.

So now what?

BCPP is 7 months at time of writing. We’ve had one town Hall and are looking to do more, the first chapters are being worked out. Formal membership is also in the works. Merchandise for the prosperity minded will shortly be available online and will be available at BCPP events. While the Facebook group is going well, that is not true membership. And to achieve a true movement we need YOU. Despite all our efforts, we will not succeed without grassroots participation.

What about independence?

Although details will be addressed in the future, BC is in a 100% reactive stance. BCPP wants to look at all the possibilities, perhaps Alberta will not have favourable results in October. If so we have to recognize that there is a possibility the east will seek retribution for Alberta daring to dream. In that case we can expect the Canada-Gulag system to be heavily reinforced to prevent wayward provinces for thinking they live in a democracy. Such is slavery. Ottawa will “put us in our place”.

Would we lose? Not necessarily. There are many ways to be victorious. Independence would be a good thing to put 150+ years of servitude to bed once and for all and establish a form of governance that ensure equal representation and participation that is not reliant on virtue signalling and the WEF. However if BC gets a government that truly holds the welfare of all British Columbians as a first priority instead of kneeling to every sub group and insane ideology we may indeed regard that as success.

So BCPP is not “just” a separatist group. We are interested in the whole picture as it pertains solely to BC. There are two questions for you Dear Reader. Are you interested? Are you willing to participate in the future, or are you happy with the status quo?