Oh Canada!

[Niagara Bill]

13 minutes ago, Orlando Buffalo said:

i read several places that of Alberta voted to join the US that the Canadian SC has already stated they would have to be released, but the mechanism is not well described in the articles. Is this at all accurate or would the Canadian govt tell them no? 

Well Quebec once held a vote...not sanctioned by the feds. No one knows where that might go. The difference is because of oil and gas, Alberta separatists get tons of money from rich and poor maga. Alberta is Canada Texas. They are a rich province, and their leaders are rebellious, but I do not understand the legal means. By why would the US need oil, djt says they don't need Canada.

 

 

[Orlando Buffalo]

3 minutes ago, Niagara Bill said:

Well Quebec once held a vote...not sanctioned by the feds. No one knows where that might go. The difference is because of oil and gas, Alberta separatists get tons of money from rich and poor maga. Alberta is Canada Texas. They are a rich province, and their leaders are rebellious, but I do not understand the legal means. By why would the US need oil, djt says they don't need Canada.

 

 

I believe you are saying Alberta is a place that produces more than it takes, making them someplace I would like to have join the US. I would not approve of a violent war for them but if we can do it peacefully I would like a 51st state.

[Joe Ferguson forever]

9 minutes ago, Orlando Buffalo said:

I believe you are saying Alberta is a place that produces more than it takes, making them someplace I would like to have join the US. I would not approve of a violent war for them but if we can do it peacefully I would like a 51st state.

and what if they say no?  you believe you could get it through leverage.  Do you take it?

[Orlando Buffalo]

5 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

and what if they say no?  you believe you could get it through leverage.  Do you take it?

If Alberta votes to join the US, I think it will happen, but the vote is not something I expect to go that way. 

[SCBills]

Would Alberta be a red state?

 

Dems are in a tough spot come 2030 with reapportionment as is.. why would they let this happen?

 

[Coffeesforclosers]

(1) It is recognized that there is no right under the Constitution of Canada to effect the secession of a province from Canada unilaterally and that, therefore, an amendment to the Constitution of Canada would be required for any province to secede from Canada, which in turn would require negotiations involving at least the governments of all of the provinces and the Government of Canada.

 

"No Minister of the Crown shall propose a constitutional amendment to effect the secession of a province from Canada unless the Government of Canada has addressed, in its negotiations, the terms of secession that are relevant in the circumstances, including the division of assets and liabilities, any changes to the borders of the province, the rights, interests and territorial claims of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada, and the protection of minority rights".

 

To make a long story short, the rest of Canada gets a veto on whatever Alberta votes for. Then the PM gets a veto too. If Alberta decides they don't care, it's grounds to invoke the Emergencies Act, formerly the War Measures Act, and things get interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 7 by Coffeesforclosers

[Niagara Bill]

9 hours ago, Orlando Buffalo said:

I believe you are saying Alberta is a place that produces more than it takes, making them someplace I would like to have join the US. I would not approve of a violent war for them but if we can do it peacefully I would like a 51st state.

Florida has nice weather, beaches and Disney, I would like them to join Canada. Peacefully as the 12th province. 

Texas has talked I dependence, is there a legal way for them to form their own country?

 

[Orlando Buffalo]

3 hours ago, Niagara Bill said:

Florida has nice weather, beaches and Disney, I would like them to join Canada. Peacefully as the 12th province. 

Texas has talked I dependence, is there a legal way for them to form their own country?

 

The US does not allow states to dissolve the union, we had a war about it. Also if you put joining Canada up to a vote for Floridians I doubt many would want it. As I stated if Alberta voted to join the US I have read multiple times it could happen, I was looking for clarification. 

[JDHillFan]

Let’s just forget the 51st state business and nuke them instead. 

[Big Blitz]

Um no.  This isn’t bc of tariffs.  This has been the trend since last year:

 

 

 

Canada.  You voted for that.  

[K D]

17 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

Um no.  This isn’t bc of tariffs.  This has been the trend since last year:

 

 

 

Canada.  You voted for that.  

Lol because of tariffs they say. Someone can't read a chart. Unemployment looks to be at similar levels as it was last fall. Canada is a joke. I don't even know if we should make them a state. Maybe they should get the same treatment as Puerto Rico or Guam

[US Egg]

 I use to spend a week in Kincardine Ont. every summer, Niagara Falls and Toronto routinely, until I was banned. Their loss, I spent a lot of money there. 

 

But seriously, their problems started before Trump. If it takes scapegoating him to feel better about themselves than looking in the mirror, so be it.