Dominion of Western Canada

## **Today**

Western Canada is a more Liberal Colony than other British Colonies. Their biggest city would be Vancouver followed by Seattle and Portland with large Asian and Native American minorities there. Winnipeg would be their capital being the 5th biggest city and far away from the major population centers around the Western Coast. Denver would be a major hub for their military and has always been on high alert from any future Spanish attacks. They have a large industry and agriculture production as they feed other colonies and their homeland with their food and timber. Oil is also valued here as many oil companies today would exploit their natural resources. Anti-Asian sentiment would occur today as large fights between far right groups and then would occur forcing many Asians and Native Americans to join the Communist party and go more left because of the Asian and Native American Riots of 1906. Western Canada is full of rich history starting at first as a mear rival company called the North West Company to the Hudson bay and later it would grow into one of the world’s largest economies and not affected economically by the Market crash but politically they are an unstable powder keg waiting to happen.

## **History**

### **Mid to Early 1800s**

The region was explored by Spanish Explorers and several British Merchantmen at first. A major expedition was sent out to the Oregon coast by British Explores Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser and David Thompson. The fur trade had a huge impact on the region as many British fur trappers would migrate westward to sell their profits. The Hudson Bay Company's rivals would extended themselves as the North West Company in-charge of the Region between the region known as Manitoba and the Oregon Coast and this would later draw the official boundaries of the Canadas. By the 1830s the fur trade was declining and the Native Americans were devastated, losing whatever local influence they had as the Great Manitoban Raid occurred as mass raids against them forced the local tribes to move westward. The Great Canadian Rebellion of 1837-38 occurred organized by Louis-Joseph Papineau who revolted in Lower Canada and caused a temporary stop to immigration. A major border dispute between the Spanish and British was finally fixed in 1846 along the Oregon Terrority.

### **Mid-Late 1800s**

The 2cd Anglo-Spanish War of 1860 would occur and it would bring spoils of war to Britain as Western Canada would annex parts of the Northern Spanish Colonies into them. Economic troubles followed as Western Canada was taxed by Great Britain because of the war and it caused unrest between the population as the Great Oregon uprising would occur but would be repressed by the British. In 1870 a vote was held in Parliament and Eastern Canada and Quebec were granted as a Domain status largely accepted by the French Speaking Canadians in the North as a possibility to gain independence. Asian immigrants started to come from Asia to immigrate to British Columbia and Oregon at the time. Following the acceptance of the Domain, the British established the Territory of Western Canada and the Dominion of Canada was hoping to eventually annex it later. A Metis and Sioux uprising occurred in 1869 and 1885 but was repulsed by the British forcing them to Immigrate to safer lands south in Spain or California and those uprisings led to the Provence of Manitoba to establish friendlier relations with the Natives. The Klondike gold rush occurred as the many immigrants would flood into Russian Alaska for Gold and this led to ports such as Seattle and Vancouver growing into major transportation hubs and the Rise of Anti-Asian Sentiment would occur.

### **Early 1900s**

Chinese seeing the mass discrimination they faced from the White settlers and a riot occurred and then in 1923 the Chinese Immigration Act occurred banning all immigrants from China coming to Canada. Canadian nationalists and those who wanted a more liberal Canada fled to the Western Territories and Laurier became their Governor and sought more Canadian reforms and began to isolate themselves from the more Conservative Eastern Canadians. When the 3rd Anglo-Spanish war occurred it didn’t affect the Terrority much in economic reasons and brought more immigration. In 1924 a vote was held in Parliament and due to the more liberal nature of Western Canada it was decided that instead of it being annex by the East it was declared it’s own Domain of Western Canada and Liberal and Canadian Nationalists would rule it’s Parliaments and being more wild than other colonies and when the Stock Market Crash hit them their politics got wilder and their people poorer, but they eventually recovered faster than other British Domains as they were less dependent on Great Britain and was opened to Globalization.

## **Military**

### **Army**

The Army runs on a volunteer system and a draft if needed. They have over 300,000 troops in the area spanning a wide range but mostly focused on their border with Spain. The Laurier Line was built following the war to prevent the Spanish from ever breaking past the defenses.

### **Navy**

The navy are stationed between Alaska to Oregon. The Aleutian Islands are put on high alert at all times and constant surveillance are performed there because of the Aleutian Islands Agreement. Their navy is highly equipped and mass fortifications span the Oregon and Washington Coasts. Seattle is a major port as it’s shipyards are the main reason why their navy exists.

### **Air force**

Their air force are mighty and most of their air bases are stationed further down south near the borders with the expectation of a few airfields in Alaska. Experimentation with Radar begins there as already the Government is planning to install a radar defense along the Oregon coast.

## **Politics**

The Politics are messy as the Western Canadian politics are split between 5 parties on the more Liberal or radical sides after the Market Crash . The first party is the Canadian Republican Party which is the main party in-charge and has a fine balance of conservatives and liberals and has been winning elections since the country began and respects the Crown. The 2cd party and the 2cd biggest party is the Nationalist Republican Party which wants an independent Canadian government but keeping good relations with the Homeland and a democracy. The 3rd party is the National Citizen Alliance a far right party who both wants to separate from Britain and wants to expel all Native Americans and lesser people like Asians and constant attacks from them caused many riots to occur between them. The 4th party is the Christian Heritage Party who is also a far right party who wants Canada to be ruled under Christian Principles and this mainly is based in around North of Utah from Mormon influence. The final party is Labour Party who is a far left group and largely has a fair amount of support from minority groups and working class people around the Seattle area and they are the 3rd biggest party. The Next Canadian elections are in 1937, 1942, and 1947 as every 5 years someone is elected for Prime Minister.

## **Relations**

They are in the Greater Commonwealth which is an alliance under Great Britain and her Colonies. Western Canada is also a part of the Bristol Pact which consists of Great Britain and her allies such as Portugal and Italy. Relations with Spain aren't the best ever since the war and large anti-french sentiment does exist in Western Canada which doesn’t exactly give them the best relation with France.