1. I don't see western Canada ever joining the U.S. As bad as things may seem up there, they'd be a hell of a lot worse for them if they were U.S. states. Would you rather have Justin Trudeau or Nancy Pelosi calling the shots in your national legislature? Ottawa is a den of dopey misfits compared to the totalitarianism that pervades in Washington, D.C.
2. Independence for western Canada seems more realistic, but I don't see that ever happening if the regions seceding from Canada are landlocked.
2. Independence for western Canada seems more realistic, but I don’t see that ever happening if the regions seceding from Canada are landlocked.
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Interestingly, back in the early ‘90s when I was learning a few things and becoming slightly less ignorant about US’s northern neighbor after the Quebecois independence thing had flared up, it was British Columbia that they had said was most likely to want to join the U.S. But I suspect that in the intervening decades they shifted a bit toward that coastal liberalism phenomenon.
Big difference between the US system and the parliamentary system in Canada...there are separation of powers and often divided government here in the US. In Parliament, if the liberals win, they control everything. In the US, you have to control the Presidency and both houses of Congress. It does not happen often.
Plus, if in the US, Alberta and Saskatchewan would have other states as allies. They would not be on their own fending off the federal government.
Do some research, Provinces of Canada joining the United States were contemplated and provided for in the first constructions of this country and the table already has been set.
Interesting and little known but it is there
And AB has to look into diversification. If the electric car dream becomes reality what happens to oil?