Western Canada Independence Party - Party Program

Party Program

Party policy was adopted at the founding convention and was expanded at a policy convention in Saskatoon in April 1988.

The party's basic policy statements were the following:

  1. independence as the only way Westerners could get political and economic justice;
  2. the constitutional right to private property;
  3. the citizen's right to referendum on major issues including the constitution and constitutional amendments;
  4. English as the official language; and
  5. an elected, equal and effective Senate.

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