Some people in Alberta would like to secede, and join the U.S. Then you have Quebec. They would like to become independent. They had a vote in 1995, and it was close. If Alberts leaves, then those in Quebec may also leave. If Quebec leaves, then those in Alberta may leave, and join the U.S.
People in the Maritimes are also unhappy.
What people in Western Canada are mad about is that they pay a lot in taxes, but don’t get much back. Also, travel in Canada is hard. There is nothing like the interstate highway. Instead, you have two lane roads.
So I suggest keep an eye on Canada. If the Libs push for higher taxes, and more spending, some providences in the west may secede. Or if Quebec is given more money, and favors. That has also made people in other parts of Canada angry.
But the reason that Quebec wants to leave is not just about language, it is also about culture.
Yes, Alberta has always been a good candidate to be a U.S. state. It’s much more like Montana than anything back east. Perhaps Saskatchewan and BC as well.
Would love to see BC secede and, hopefully, come to us. Problem is, the Vancouver Metro by itself is about half of the provincial population. Assuming that Canadian city dwellers are much like city dwellers everywhere else, they are bound to think federally and globally in a knee jerk fashion. Add in the huge intrusion of (thankfully non-voting) Hollywood Americans making dozens of television shows, that might be too big of a nut for Wexiters to crack.
Here’s hoping, however.
Vancouver is now basically a Chinese colony on the coast of Canada. If Canada starts to break up, I won’t be surprised if many of them decide they prefer to return to China.
As to joining the US, I’m not sure the provinces would want to. There would be some benefits, but healthcare would be a big issue, and I’m not sure they would want to go from running their own affairs to the possibility of being told what to do by Democrats a few years later.
Plus the US government would have to let them bring in all their Chinese and Russian guns despite the sanctions (the SKS may well be the most common rifle in Canada).
Justin claims a mandate down 13 seats from a ruling majority. I’d call that Oh, Oh Canada… #Wexit
The Conservative Party got more votes than the Liberal Party (6,155,662 versus 5,915,950) but only got 121 seats for Conservatives versus 157 seats for Liberals.
So naturally US Democrats must consistently hold to their popular-vote principles and denounce Trudeau as an illegitimate Prime Minister and demand his immediate removal, along with giving Conservatives a majority of seats. Or they could perhaps learn how elections work.
Secession is inevitable; the only question is when. Canada has never been a real nation and it makes less sense every year.
In the last two days I’ve had people talking about secession from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. It’s a widespread desire to get away from the urban leftists who have no idea what life is like outside Toronto and Vancouver but think they have the right to tell everyone out there how to live.
And, yeah, I’m shocked–just shocked, I tell you–that the usual suspects on the left aren’t out in force protesting about Trudeau being Prime Minister even though Scheer won the popular vote.
I moved back to Alberta a month ago. People here are livid. The wexit facebook page gained 160 thousand members on Monday night.
Hey Rand, I saw this article yesterday about Alberta.
https://www.pipelinenews.ca/opinion/columnists/column-the-alberta-question-and-saskatchewan-s-too-is-not-going-away-1.23983263
Some people in Alberta would like to secede, and join the U.S. Then you have Quebec. They would like to become independent. They had a vote in 1995, and it was close. If Alberts leaves, then those in Quebec may also leave. If Quebec leaves, then those in Alberta may leave, and join the U.S.
People in the Maritimes are also unhappy.
What people in Western Canada are mad about is that they pay a lot in taxes, but don’t get much back. Also, travel in Canada is hard. There is nothing like the interstate highway. Instead, you have two lane roads.
So I suggest keep an eye on Canada. If the Libs push for higher taxes, and more spending, some providences in the west may secede. Or if Quebec is given more money, and favors. That has also made people in other parts of Canada angry.
But the reason that Quebec wants to leave is not just about language, it is also about culture.
Yes, Alberta has always been a good candidate to be a U.S. state. It’s much more like Montana than anything back east. Perhaps Saskatchewan and BC as well.
Would love to see BC secede and, hopefully, come to us. Problem is, the Vancouver Metro by itself is about half of the provincial population. Assuming that Canadian city dwellers are much like city dwellers everywhere else, they are bound to think federally and globally in a knee jerk fashion. Add in the huge intrusion of (thankfully non-voting) Hollywood Americans making dozens of television shows, that might be too big of a nut for Wexiters to crack.
Here’s hoping, however.
Vancouver is now basically a Chinese colony on the coast of Canada. If Canada starts to break up, I won’t be surprised if many of them decide they prefer to return to China.
As to joining the US, I’m not sure the provinces would want to. There would be some benefits, but healthcare would be a big issue, and I’m not sure they would want to go from running their own affairs to the possibility of being told what to do by Democrats a few years later.
Plus the US government would have to let them bring in all their Chinese and Russian guns despite the sanctions (the SKS may well be the most common rifle in Canada).
Justin claims a mandate down 13 seats from a ruling majority. I’d call that Oh, Oh Canada… #Wexit
The Conservative Party got more votes than the Liberal Party (6,155,662 versus 5,915,950) but only got 121 seats for Conservatives versus 157 seats for Liberals.
So naturally US Democrats must consistently hold to their popular-vote principles and denounce Trudeau as an illegitimate Prime Minister and demand his immediate removal, along with giving Conservatives a majority of seats. Or they could perhaps learn how elections work.
Secession is inevitable; the only question is when. Canada has never been a real nation and it makes less sense every year.
In the last two days I’ve had people talking about secession from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. It’s a widespread desire to get away from the urban leftists who have no idea what life is like outside Toronto and Vancouver but think they have the right to tell everyone out there how to live.
And, yeah, I’m shocked–just shocked, I tell you–that the usual suspects on the left aren’t out in force protesting about Trudeau being Prime Minister even though Scheer won the popular vote.
I moved back to Alberta a month ago. People here are livid. The wexit facebook page gained 160 thousand members on Monday night.
They gave us AvE so it can’t be all bad.