Sunday, June 04, 2006
Why aren't we considered to be apart of the Maritimes?
Definition of Atlantic Canada from Wikipedia.
The first premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Joey Smallwood, coined the term Atlantic Canada when Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949. He believed it would be presumptuous for Newfoundland to assume that it could include itself within the existing term "Maritime provinces", used to describe the cultural similarities between Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick.
Occasionally the Maritimes is used as a synonym for the Atlantic provinces, but this usage is considered incorrect.
Definition of Maritimes from Wikipedia.
Maybe a better question would be why is the term Maritimes still being used instead of Atlantic Canada?
The first premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Joey Smallwood, coined the term Atlantic Canada when Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949. He believed it would be presumptuous for Newfoundland to assume that it could include itself within the existing term "Maritime provinces", used to describe the cultural similarities between Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick.
Occasionally the Maritimes is used as a synonym for the Atlantic provinces, but this usage is considered incorrect.
Definition of Maritimes from Wikipedia.
Maybe a better question would be why is the term Maritimes still being used instead of Atlantic Canada?
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Maybe a better question would be why is the term Maritimes still being used instead of Atlantic Canada?
For the same reason that "Prairie Provinces" and "Western Provinces" exist side-by-side.
BC isn't a Prairie province. But it is a Western one.
Similarly, the three Maritime provinces have a history and common characteristics that make them collectively the Maritimes. They are also part of a larger grouping, Atlantic Canada.
Do you think that's a problem?
What is the problem?
And why?
For the same reason that "Prairie Provinces" and "Western Provinces" exist side-by-side.
BC isn't a Prairie province. But it is a Western one.
Similarly, the three Maritime provinces have a history and common characteristics that make them collectively the Maritimes. They are also part of a larger grouping, Atlantic Canada.
Do you think that's a problem?
What is the problem?
And why?
who cares, we are not considered part of canada anyway. Don't you watch CTV, they never include us!
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NL-ExPatriate,if he did that to me i would track him down and tear him apart.
If who did what to whom, you'd tear whom apart?
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