Articles by Adam Stokes

June 17, 2022

How the Coalition for Quebec's Future changed the game on Québécois nationalism

Adam Stokes

Québécois politics has been undergoing a dramatic change since 2018. The emergence of the ‘Coalition for Quebec’s Future’ (CAQ) has smashed the existing Liberal/Parti Québécois duopoly in the province and sidelined the issue of Quebec’s sovereignty in favour of cultural issues, writes Adam Stokes

December 14, 2021

Canada's Saskatchewan, and the difficulties of defining a nation

Adam Stokes

Early last month, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe declared he wanted the Canadian province to become 'a nation within a nation'. Moe demanded Saskatchewan gain additional autonomy in policy areas including taxation and immigration. Yet, writes Adam Stokes, defining a nation is a difficult task, and the Saskatchewan example shows why

September 25, 2021

Secessionist parties in Western Canada are not likely to succeed

Adam Stokes

writes Adam Stokes, we also find similar movements in Western Canada. Although such movements are gaining notability in the West, they are not likely to succeed any time soon

Adam Stokes

PhD Candidate, University of Reading

Adam's research interests include nationalism and secessionism.

The working title of his thesis is Exploring the Left-Right Ideological Variance of National Independence Parties in Canada and Western Europe.

Follow him on Twitter @AdamStok97

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