Atlantica Party

The Atlantica Party is a regional provincial political party in Canada. It is active in the provinces of the region of Atlantic Canada: Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Objectives
Creating a strong, unified and prosperous Atlantic Canadian province in Canada.

Championing the concept of Union in a debate on Atlantic Union within Canadian Confederation.

Fighting for Atlantic Rights.

Increasing the quality of political discourse, evolving our democracy and allowing citizen input by:

* Moving away from a Confidence system of governance Westminster System and towards a Separation of powers governance system.

* Introducing direct democracy structures.

* Instituting comprehensive electoral reform using Single Transferable Vote (STV).

History
The party was founded in the summer of 2005 by a group of concerned citizens in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The current policy platform was released in November 2007. On March 24th 2008 the party publicly started its drive to become the fifth registered party in Nova Scotia.

The name
The name Atlantica was adopted to provide an inclusive term to describe the region also called Atlantic Canada but without the implication of being part of a larger unity, in this case Canada. Atlantica also incorporates the name of the Atlantic Ocean which serves as a unifying theme in the region's culture and history. The term Atlantica also mirrors the western coastal regional term of Cascadia and is equivalent in French and English.

The Atlantica controversy
In the summer of 2006, the Atlantica Party released its first web site and become prominent in the region. Concurrent to this was a June 2006 conference dealing with the Atlantica trade zone promoted by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies. In the subsequent reaction by opposition groups the Atlantica Party came under attack due to being incorrectly associated with the Atlantica trade zone project and the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies.

Party leaders
Jonathan Geoffrey Dean (November 17, 2006 - present)

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