Economic Union Party
A National Delegate named Robert Brown Job suggested economic union with the United States. Another National Delegate named Chesley Crosbie subsequently created the Economic Union Party On April 11, 1947, D.I. Jackman moved that a delegation be sent to Washington, DC to seek terms of union but his motion was not passed by the assembly. Thus, union with the United States was effectively taken off the table.
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