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Well, that's a given. I'm thinking that the new nation of Albskatchewan could have its own ports if any one of the surrounding provinces or territories joined.
The thing about BC is that the inland is more conservative leaning and has a lot of forestry, mining, farming etc.
The coast is mainly lib elites / indigenous so its tough to gain a port foothold.
Best option is honestly 51st state for western Canada imo. Make Vancouver capitulate
It's been a while but the US likes to admit states in politically offsetting pairs, so most likely it would come in as two states: BC and Alberta + Saskatchewan + territories.
one slave state and one free state
Missouri compromise or Kansas Nebraska act
Yep, but even the last two states Alaska and Hawaii were likely to vote opposite each other. I'm not sure if the pattern holds for the 90 years in between. You hear people bring this up when California periodically talks about splitting into smaller states, though.
Cry and bitch about losing their honey pot of taxable production