QUESTION: Hello Marty, Many in Canada appear to be taking President Donald Trump’s speak about making Canada the 51st US state critically. We have now Canadian leaders claiming it’s a critical menace and a part of a plan. “President Trump needs to place us right into a state the place we’re way more weakened economically so as ultimately to annex us,” was the remark from Overseas Minister Mélanie Joly.
This appears to be a distraction; as you say, they want warfare in Europe to distract from their financial decline. Trump has uncovered what many people Canadians didn’t know. First, the drug labs, and second, internally, as you mentioned in your interview with Maxime Bernier, we now have tariffs between provinces.
Can Trump annex Canada? That appears far-fetched.
RP
ANSWER: Most individuals have no idea, however Quebec needed to separate and be a part of america and even shaped a Political Celebration referred to as the 51st State. From an financial perspective, becoming a member of with america is clearly economically useful. I laid that out within the Canadian Report. This has been proposed forwards and backwards because the American Revolution. Provinces wouldn’t be allowed to place tariffs on one another. That is all very Marxist, defending labor however on the worth of decreasing the usual of dwelling. Others have identified that you haven’t any proper to vote for who leads your nation below a Parliamentary system. Nonetheless, others have proposed ending that system and adopting the American system however remaining as Canada.
Look, from purely an financial and nationwide protection perspective, such a merger is smart. Nevertheless, there isn’t any method Trump may merely annex Canada. Furthermore, I feel the politicians there have an excessive amount of to lose, and they’ll scream and yell to retain independence, no completely different than any such state or entity like NATO. If Trump was really critical, then going public with that concept might have been a tactic to get the individuals towards the politicians.
If there’s a warfare between the US and Russia, the nukes can be coming excessive of the globe by means of Canada. That’s the reason he needs Greenland as a result of Tule has been the house of NORAD, which protects the highest of the globe from a nuclear assault that must journey over Canada.
Canada has adopted the Socialist agenda of imposing tariffs to guard jobs, which has dominated Europe and led to financial suppression in each international locations. Maybe the upside right here is that Trump has uncovered the inner tariffs and that coverage in Canada that the majority Canadians have been unaware of till this fascinating banter.
The true query is just nationwide satisfaction vs. economics. Which is extra essential? Nationwide protection is one concern. A merger eliminates tariffs and commerce disputes. Then, many come to the USA, in some circumstances for medical consideration, as a result of the system in Canada is inefficient. It is a coin toss, and it’s actually a query for the Canadian individuals, however that’s laborious with the propaganda the politicians put out to protect their very own jobs. Personally, I might be for Florida splitting and turning into our personal nation – neglect the satisfaction, it’s about economics first.
