U.S. Annexing Canada (split fm Liberal Minority thread)

[Czech_pivo]

Seems to also be a gender gap.

17% men vs 6% women.

Maybe if we got a NFL team or two it would help reduce the gap, lol.

I'd like to see those males numbers broken down by province, as that would be very interesting.

 

[The Bread Guy]

... the only reason the LPC continues to win is because of the rules of the game, not because their positions and policies are the most popular as a single party.

And this right there is our biggest weakness as a country.

Same rules that brought in other governments with majorities, so we take the good, we take the bad (in the words of the cheesy old family show intro tune).

And nobody's going to change the rules, we've learned, in a way that will make it impossible for them to get a majority ever again.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Same rules that brought in other governments with majorities, so we take the good, we take the bad (in the words of the cheesy old family show intro tune).

And nobody's going to change the rules, we've learned, in a way that will make it impossible for them to get a majority ever again.

You're 100% correct of course. That doesn't mean I have to like it.

 

[Genetk44]

While my primary preference is for Canada to remain completely independent and sovereign I can see certain attractive features to joining the US as a state or multiple states. However that would have to be on the basis of a voluntary, mutual and long-thought out negotiation by both sides based on the will of the majority of the citizens of both countries. Trumps present aggresive, coercive route is a complete non-starter and must be resisted.

 

[QV]

The polling on that reflects the instinctive repulsive response of anything Trump. I'd wager a large sum that if the same proposal came in the soothing voice of a smiling Obama, the polls would be wildly different.

 

[Cloud Cover]

While my primary preference is for Canada to remain completely independent and sovereign I can see certain attractive features to joining the US as a state or multiple states. However that would have to be on the basis of a voluntary, mutual and long-thought out negotiation by both sides based on the will of the majority of the citizens of both countries. Trumps present aggresive, coercive route is a complete non-starter and must be resisted.

You know what would help a lot is an honest, truthful comparison of pros and cons. Side by side of everything from taxes, healthcare, property rights, language rights, indigenous rights, civil rights, educational opportunities and foundations, infrastructure, entrepreneurship opportunities, retirement benefits, marriage and divorce risks, occupational wages, benefits, economic forecasting, basically every metric relevant to the life one lives to the life one could live.
Given the wide regional disparities both in Canada (east, west, north, south, rural, urban, commuter class, laptop class) and the USA. Give people the information they need to decide which country they want to live in. But I’ll be damned if one country should fold into another based on those differences which are just opportunities to improve based on policy decisions.

 

[QV]

So, if the Liberals won a majority in the next election, 1-in-3 conservatives would rather throw in the towel, give up their sovereignty, and join the US under Donald Trump. Cowards. And you wonder why people say the LPC is "the party of Canada".

I don't think they see it that way. I think they see another LPC government means giving up freedoms. That is the party that takes things from people including property, wealth, access to banking, jobs due to mass vaccine status or loss of industry etc.

 

[Remius]

So, if the Liberals won a majority in the next election, 1-in-3 conservatives would rather throw in the towel, give up their sovereignty, and join the US under Donald Trump. Cowards. And you wonder why people say the LPC is "the party of Canada".

Meh. These are the types that are cut from the same cloth that the left has when it comes to having a fit when their side does not get what it wants. The Rosie Odonnells and Ellen DeGeneres’ that vow to leave.

Same types but different sides of the same coin.

 

[McG]

More narratives undermining legitimacy of international boundaries. MAGA is preparing peoples to accept its seizing of territory with the same playbook as Putin.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1900563857107452246

 

[HavokFour]

More narratives undermining legitimacy of international boundaries. MAGA is preparing peoples to accept its seizing of territory with the same playbook as Putin.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1900563857107452246

A comment like this being made when Greenland made it very clear after their recent election that they do not want to be part of the US is very concerning.

 

[JLB50]

Thanks to Trump, if another 9/11 attack occurs in the U.S. America will soon find out how many former friends it has…countries who will not come to their aid. They have not only used up what goodwill they had…they will find that some of their former friends are closer to being outright adversaries. All in just 2 months time.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Thanks to Trump, if another 9/11 attack occurs in the U.S. America will soon find out how many former friends it has…countries who will not come to their aid.

Yup.

When people so you their true colours you should believe them.

 

[JLB50]

Yup.

When people so you their true colours you should believe them.


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J.D. Vance may have enjoyed his sofa, but it appears that Justin is really enjoying his chair.