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The quest for provincial status in Yukon Territory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Steven Smyth
Steven Smyth
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Site 23, RR2, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5N2, Canada
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Abstract

Achievement of provincial status has been the dream of many Yukoners since the early 1900s. This paper reviews the struggle for provincial status by Yukoners, and examines the hurdles that must be overcome to achieve provincehood, and the consequences of not being a province. It concludes with recommendations for building a strategy that could assist the Yukon Government in achieving the goal of provincehood.

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Polar Record , Volume 28 , Issue 164 , January 1992 , pp. 33 - 36
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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