What if we offer Canada the privileges of being the 51st, 52nd and 53rd States?
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| Southern Ontario circled in blue, Quebec circled in red, Everybody Else circled in green. |
Southern-Ontario, Quebec and Everybody Else. That would entail populations of roughly 15 million, 8 million and 16 million or roughly the populations of New York State, Washington State and New York State. They would get six senators and would split roughly 50:50 Conservative:Liberal and the new states would fall into coherent ideologies although Vancouver and the Maritimes might quibble with Everybody Else....so maybe hold a referendum where they can chose to join Quebec.
The wealthy mainland Chinese families that own a lot of Vancouver BC might have something to say about that.
ReplyDeleteWe're talking serious multigenerational Jack Mau level money here as they used the loophole in Chinese law to transfer much wealth out of China with property investments and business.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Canadians_in_Greater_Vancouver
Leviathan is too large already. Adding more land and people under control is the opposite direction to be travelling.
ReplyDeleteCounter-counter-offer: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, P.E.I, Labrador and Newfoundland are their own state based on geography and cultures. They would have a population of about 2.5 million or slightly more than New Mexico.
ReplyDeleteAgree the Maritimes should be their own state but Quebec north of the St Lawrence River should be patted on the derriere and turned loose to be the country they have always demanded. We keep the south side of the River so the Seaway stays open, and the southsiders can go back to speaking English.
ReplyDeletePlus, put the capitol of West Canada in Regina or Winnipeg, not Ottawa Victoria, or Vancouver
That works for me
ReplyDeleteNorthern Ontario conservative
I'm Canadian, I am biased as hell and freely admit it... but I am watching the doings today and I don't see any benefit in an annexation like that outside of Alberta, Sask, and Manitoba. The rest of the country is basically California - along with all the same corruption, incompetence and stupidity. Most of that is concentrated in Morontario and Queerbec. They are also where the bulk of the political power in the country is... and they will not get off that gravy train easily.
ReplyDeleteVancouver is basically San Francisco with similar problems with druggies, socialists. Again, the lower mainland of Hongcouver is where the bulk of western political power is.
I dunno who would get the worst of it with an annexation. Given how polarized both our countries are, we should be more worried about dealing with that division and growing resentment... and especially the people driving it.
I love Americans, and respect Trump but I do not speak for Canada at large. I would love to see the west break away as I hold most of my countrymen in utter contempt. But the reality is what it is... if you can't get along with us as business partners and allies... you probably wouldn't want us as countrymen and citizens either.
But whadda I know?
Filthie, I totally agree !!! My mother's family are Canadians and I spent a lot of time there when I was a kid so I have a pretty good sense of the people and place and I don't want them voting in our elections ! Or deciding anything else. I only have occasional contact with them anymore and that's enough. ---ken
DeleteHow about this? The 3 provinces you mention join with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, both Dakodas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas andTexas and succeed and form a new Nation. We get coal, oil the bread basket and a sea port.
ReplyDeletePledging allegiance to the independent and sovereign Queen of the regions East of Paris, it seems reasonable and consistent that we should advocate sovereignty for our francophone friends to the far away northeast. Independence for Quebec!
ReplyDeleteThat'll knock some snow off the roof ...
A little East of Paris
No, a thousand times no. Canada needs to be made a territory first until they can be acculturated as Americans.
ReplyDeleteI could see Alberta admitted as a state, perhaps, but unless you want a new bunch of states sending Democrat senators as a result, you really don;t want them as states right now.
Canada as an entire county has a GDP only slightly bigger than Mississippi -- and a lot of people with unearned sense of entitlement to add to the voting rolls.