Canadian annexation “no.” North American realignment, “maybe.”

Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author.

When President-elect, Donald J. Trump suggested the Canadian application to the United States as the 51st state to Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, nearly everyone considered it a joke.

Perhaps it was. Trump later applied a touch of sarcasm to the undiplomatic gesture. When Trudeau correctly pointed out that a 25% tariff would wreck his nation’s economy, an earlier Canadian argument may have been rekindled.

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Canada is a huge country, larger than any nation in the world, except Russia. There are 39 million people residing in this vast land. Unbeknownst to most, it holds or has direct access to roughly “one-half” of the planet’s known unfrozen fresh water. Potable water is expected to be the “gold” of the latter part of this century. This could make Canada a prime invasion target for any water-starved country with a large population and a potent military.

History will reflect that well-intended COVID measures introduced during the pandemic, brought out Fascist inclinations in elected leaders and bureaucrats. Canadian truckers saw it first-hand when the Trudeau government froze bank accounts. Governmental-inspired COVID measures translated to shutting down businesses. In many cases, many businesses never re-opened. Job losses were extensive, on both sides of the borders.

Canadian income taxes are significantly higher than America’s. Those in rural westerly locations see services such as mass transit more beneficial to Montreal and Toronto than Red Deer and Medicine Hat.

Canada’s western provinces are frustrated, concluding that their voices are generally unheard, their positions irrelevant to the two largest provinces, Quebec and Ontario. As has been its tradition, the fourth largest province, Alberta has taken the lead.

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Would the U.S. Really Annex Canada?

No. The reasons are multiple. Canada has a long and colorful history. However, the differences in Canadian history and American history are greater than most think.

Many Americans know the differences between Canada’s parliamentary style of government and our own. Largely unknown is that total Canadian sovereignty began in 1931. It was a member of the Commonwealth of Nations with specific ties to Great Britain up until then. While Canadians share a language with “Mother England,” as Americans do, they did not fight a war to free themselves from the British crown.

Canada is seen as a more liberal country than the United States. True, millions of Americans would welcome Canada’s universal healthcare system and access to lower-priced drugs. Yet in a country as seemingly divided as the U.S., it would be a hard sell to conservatives to bring almost 40 million liberals into the family. Furthermore, it is doubtful that these Canadian progressives would relish being swallowed up by Big Brother to the South. In their minds, protection from a hostile foreign adversary is on “Big Brother’s dime.” Trump recently reminded the world that Canada was one of the NATO countries not ponying up on their promised 2% contribution to the alliance.

Something for Everyone:

The United States is potentially on the verge of something bigger and more bountiful than ever conceived in her brief history. A reckoning may finally be at hand as Trump and allies look to dismantle the FDR-inspired administrative state. With the bureaucracy’s downsize and decentralization, more emphasis will be placed upon ideas and management “closer to home.” These ideas, while unsavory in Ottawa, are seen by the western provinces as an answer to a prayer!

Inviting Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan to join as individual states has credence. Including contiguous territories to the north would solve additional concerns, such as the status of the Northwest Passage. While Ottawa might not be excited over the thought, it would result in a geographically smaller and more manageable Canada. The population would be comparable to Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Arkansas combined. Being spared NATO participation would be greeted with acute enthusiasm! These would be the terms extended if they agreed to police their remaining borders. Europeans would almost certainly flock to this bi-lingual, Socialist country!

Meanwhile, the western provinces would enjoy a more business-friendly government, more focused on their needs. The first order of business would be to construct a 21st-century rail system that would make it possible to bring more agricultural commodities to an increasingly hungry planet. It would further the case for impressing the millions of illegal male migrants, between 18 and 40 into railroad construction duties. While this concept might be considered “draconian” to “bleeding hearts,” on both sides of the border, it is practical.

Fifty-four states? Sounds awkward! But so did 50, when Alaska and Hawaii were proposed as new states. In this case, it would close two thousand miles of empty border, stretching from Minnesota to the Pacific. It would likewise add unmeasurable riches.

The session would also add fuel to Trump’s purchase of rare earth-rich, Greenland from the pastry-loving, wine-sipping Danes. The thought of a monthly dividend check coming from the proceeds to every Danish household would be especially appealing.

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