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Gary Schoutsen's avatar

Canada would be divided into four, Western Canada, Ontario, Quebec and Eastern Canada. Quebec would leave Canada and align itself with France and Europe and three other "areas" would join the US. Politically, western Canada is very conservative, eastern Canada is very liberal and Ontario is 50-50. Look at the recent election in Ontario, essentially Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe voted Liberal and the rest voted Conservative. So politically it would probably work out to be 50-50 if Canada became part of America.

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Fergus Hodgson, CAIA's avatar

Thank you for your comment, Gary. I tend to agree with you, except I am reluctant to recommend US statehood and believe Western Canada can do better on her own.

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Gary Schoutsen's avatar

Maybe so, but Trump wants Western Canada more than anything. He won't stop until he gets what he wants.

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Fergus Hodgson, CAIA's avatar

That is a red flag. Any annexation should be voluntary.

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Gary Schoutsen's avatar

I agree. I'm starting to get the sense that more and more Canadians are warming to the idea of becoming the 51st or more state.

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Fergus Hodgson, CAIA's avatar

I recommend this 2020 article by a friend in Alberta:

"Independence is a legitimate option for the West, but only if it does so to end overreaching government, not replicate it."

https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/gerow-the-libertarian-case-for-independence/article_eb63dd72-10a5-5fbc-a78f-a18f6144a662.html

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Gary Schoutsen's avatar

And it would give reluctant separatists the illusion of being together.

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