"The Atlantica concept is an enigma for most people in the Atlantic Provinces. It is an agenda that has brought elites in the region to a consensus that Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec needs to economically, socially and politically integrate with Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Upstate New York to form a single coherent entity in association with the United States. The alleged chief proponents of this concept are Brian Lee Crowley, President of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), and Jim Quigley, President of the Atlantic Provinces Chambers of Commerce (APCC) and Vice-President of the Bank of Montreal. Although they are supposed to be Canadians, they have been promoting the treasonous "Atlantica" concept to Business and political leaders in the region. Most Canadians have not been made aware of the designs they are drawing, and would abhor their Neo-conservative prescriptions for the sought assimilation of Atlantic Canada into the United States."
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