There is no plan to annex Canada
Nobody wants Canada’s problems.
I just want to make it clear in advance that I will only respond to reasoned and intelligent comments on this subject, and will ignore anyone repeating canards, maintaining the attitude towards them already expressed above. I don’t have time for idiots.
Totally untrue.
But if we did, could we force Carney to live in Nunavut?
Annexation of Canada would open up a whole new can of worms with not just Ottawa, but London, Moscow, Beijing and every nation in the former British Commonwealth...........
Why would we want a country that is “Lib Heavy”...??
I think if Canadian’s are truly concerned about the US annexing Canada, they are smoking way too many ‘shrooms. Trump HAS made some ridiculous comments about Canada becoming the 51st state—but anyone with any sense should realize that will never happen.
I just don’t see the Indians (dot) who now rule Canada giving up their newfound power.
RE: My opinion is that there is indeed a real desire in corridors of power in Washington DC, a plan to annex Canada or force Canadian provinces one by one to choose the option of seeking statehood as their citizens come to the conclusion that Canada is incapable of meeting their economic basic needs.
There are things I BOTH agree and disagree with.
1. The majority of Americans including their representatives in Congress DO NOT WANT to annex any Canadian province. The sheer logistics, governmental structure, healthcare system, that both countries are familiar with are problematic.
2. I agree that there is a growing desire of Canadian provinces in the East ( Quebec ), and the west ( Alberta ) to secede from Canada. However, I am NOT certain if this trend still constitutes a majority of the residents of these provinces. Quebec almost succeeded years ago, but was thwarted by a few percentage points in a referendum. It could happen again.
3. Even if these provinces succeed in voting to separate, it does not necessarily follow that they would want to be American. They might want to form their own independent country.
We are in the beginning years of a Grand Solar Minimum, like the period in centuries past now referred to as the Little Ice Age.
We don’t want to be annexing Canada; they would want to be be moving south soon. They’ll be trying to anyway...
They got all pouty face about it so we quit allowing people at the war college to draw them up.
We have a plan to invade Vatican City and, possibly, the Magic Kingdom but not Canada.
Now if some of the provinces of Canada want to join us they can take steps to do so but admission is not guaranteed.
Not going to happen....move on...stop with the fake news cr**.
The only substantive things we have in common with Canada is the English language and men’s professional ice hockey!
What does Annexing Canada really mean? Does it mean making Canada a State or multiple states, does it mean making Canada a US territory, etc.
I think it would be impossible to add Canada as a State or multiple states, for example Alberta, it’s conservative and it would add 2 Republican Senators, as soon as the Democrats won back power, they would add Puerto Rico or multiple liberal US territories, etc..
We do not need the Liberal Canadian voters or U.S. Senators and U.S. House reps chosen by them. Together with the U.S. Dims they could be enough to make “single payer” government health insurance a U.S. reality.
Any “populist” U.S. threats about annexing Canada care more about the appearance of their own “success” and less about this Republic.
Absent the greenies and litigation specialists and such.
Enough possible energy, mining and minerals, food provisioning and such. But then politics and especially geopolitics gets messy.
One can imagine future conflicts will be about all the above, rather like the competition between haves and have-nots within any given frame of reference.
One could add to the four "regional" alliances which could align to provide for one another, though that's another story.
Canada today seems essentially greater Toronto versus everybody else, politically.
Our wonderful "Declaration" reminds us "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
Issues of "separation" will rise, because they must. In Canada's case, the Western states are servile to a national government now headed by a Canadian, who holds British and Irish passports as well, not to mention some lingering affiliation with Goldman Sachs and the like.
With the trajectory of Canada politically, some kind of separation politics, quite like Frenc-speaking Canada's also has been, is likely, going forward.
You’ve put a lot of thought into this. Would we be required to learn French ri satisfy the Quebecois?
If we take it over. We could send all the liberals there. That’s where they’ve always wanted to go anyway. They can really expand their Climate Change Tree House Club with both herds of Green Weenies.
“as their citizens come to the conclusion that Canada is incapable of meeting their economic basic needs”
If this is what the people of the western provinces believe, it is their duty to themselves and their families to seek a better deal.
Let the people decide their future.
US Statehood? No effin’ way.
Give ‘em 2 or 3 generations as a Territory and get more Americanized. The same with Greenland.
We don’t want EuroTrash Welfare Thinking.