Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan
- Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan
The Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan is a centre-right provincial political party in Saskatchewan, Canada. It advocates the separation of Canada's four western provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba), and the formation of a new country. It is a branch of the federal Western Independence Party. It supports fiscally conservative and socially moderate policies [ [http://www.wipsk.com/platform.htm WIP platform] ] .
The party was formed on July 12, 2003, and nominated 17 candidates in the November 5, 2003 provincial election. These candidates won a total of 2,735 votes, or 0.64% of the provincial total.
The party's interim leader is John Nesdoly, who replaced Gordon Elias on March 17, 2007. The deputy leader is David Sawkiw and the party president is Frank Serfas. The party has nominated eight candidates for the 2007 election.
Besides the party's support for western independence, the party's platform is secular and libertarian in nature, a distinguishing feature from some of the other separatist parties in Western Canada. The WIP of Saskatchewan has no ties with the Separation Party of Alberta or the Western Canada Party.
The party not affiliated to the Western Canada Concept Party of British Columbia or the British Columbia-based Western Block Party and has made considerable effort to distance itself from Doug Christie, the leader of those parties. Whereas Christie has been mired in controversy for defending Holocaust deniers and has been accused of being an anti-Semite, the WIP has made an explicit statement in support of the State of Israel.
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*Politics of Saskatchewan
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* [http://www.wipsk.com Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan]
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