Nanaimo candidate wants Vancouver Island to separate from B.C.

[misher]

Originally Posted by fredinno

I'd be ok with that.

Victoria/Van Island were separate colonies until 1866, as the 3rd most populous province we do have the population to support a split. Considering the capitol is in Victoria wouldn't Victoria be dropping the rest of BC to form its own province rather than splitting off?

[fredinno]

Originally Posted by misher

Victoria/Van Island were separate colonies until 1866, as the 3rd most populous province we do have the population to support a split. Considering the capitol is in Victoria wouldn't Victoria be dropping the rest of BC to form its own province rather than splitting off?

No, because Vancouver Island was the junior in the merger, despite the fact the capital moved to Victoria.

[Firebrand]

If Vancouver Island becomes it's own province, then New West should be the capital it once was.

[CanSpice]

Originally Posted by Firebrand

If Vancouver Island becomes it's own province, then New West should be the capital it once was.

New Westminster lost the capital because those assholes on Vancouver Island stole it from us! Honest to god, this is how it went down:

And then, in the second session of the Legislative Council in 1868, they decided to end the controversy once and for all. Captain William Hales Franklyn was the magistrate for Nanaimo, and Nanaimo much preferred New Westminster over Victoria, Nanaimo’s “cruel step-mother”. William Cox, a Gold Commissioner and supporter of Victoria, was sitting next to Franklyn during the debate. Franklyn had a carefully prepared speech that started off by comparing the future of New Westminster on the Fraser with the present prosperity of Calcutta on the Hooghly. Cox managed to shuffle Franklyn’s papers three times, causing Franklyn to read the introduction over and over again. Then Franklyn put his spectacles down on the table, and Cox popped out the lenses!

Helmcken (a Victoria supporter) moved a recess of half an hour to restore order, and when the House reassembled and Franklyn began speaking again, rose to object on the grounds that Franklyn was making a second speech!

[Migrant_Coconut]

William Cox, a Gold Commissioner and supporter of Victoria, was sitting next to Franklyn during the debate. Franklyn had a carefully prepared speech that started off by comparing the future of New Westminster on the Fraser with the present prosperity of Calcutta on the Hooghly. Cox managed to shuffle Franklyn’s papers three times, causing Franklyn to read the introduction over and over again. Then Franklyn put his spectacles down on the table, and Cox popped out the lenses!

So that's where SNL got it from...

[svlt]

...reality indeed stranger than fiction

this movement will not get any traction for a long while. Van Island needs BC more than the other way around.

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by svlt

...reality indeed stranger than fiction

this movement will not get any traction for a long while. Van Island needs BC more than the other way around.

Precisely.... I can just see Vancouver Island coming cap in hand to British Comumbia for funds when new infrastructure is needed ......