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It is fun to contemplate what the US would be like. The natural diversity added to the country would be astounding. The huge swaths of polar regions, the Canadian Rockies, the Atlantic islands (PEI, NS, Labrador...). Adding great, unique world renowned cities like Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver would be a great addition to the US. The natural resources added would also be beneficial, minerals, timber, arable land, oil, fishing...
However, all that said, I think it would be a one sided trade. I think the US would benefit much more from the natural resources added through the addition of a sparsely populated enormous country. Obviously, Canada would lose its national identity and probably much of its culture as it is absorbed by the much more populous US.
I think the USA could use a large dollop of Canadian laid-back-ness and toned down patriotism.
I wouldn't want the French language part, though. Canada could save a lot of money by dropping the need to put "One Dollar" and "Un Dollar" on each loonie. I mean, it's not as if people don't know how much each one is worth (about 99 US cents)...
I think the USA could use a large dollop of Canadian laid-back-ness and toned down patriotism.
I wouldn't want the French language part, though. Canada could save a lot of money by dropping the need to put "One Dollar" and "Un Dollar" on each loonie. I mean, it's not as if people don't know how much each one is worth (about 99 US cents)...
Actually it's about $1.01 today. And, how does it cost more to put French and English on a coin? You create the die and stamp the metal. One coin, one stamp.
There are costs to maintaining two official languages, but the cost of producing money is not one of them.
I'm an Anglophone, but I feel that the French influence on this country is mostly positive.
Is this supposed to be sarcastic or have you just been ignoring the news for the last couple of years?
I was thinking the same thing, in fact I gasped upon reading that. Cheap money from the EU is partly what caused all the problems in the first place. The cheap money was part of the eu carrot and stick approach to entice the nation state's to give up some of the freedom's one piece at a time. The cheap money flooding the nation states, like Ireland, gave them a false economy that could not be sustained. The workers' rights laws on the books in Ireland and UK are fair and ethical, and those rights were there before the EU came along. That was nothing to do with EU. Worker rights in Ireland comes from the blood and sweat of Irish men and women, such as James Larkin, not from the EU. And no, Canada would never join the US. The ethos of each national and very different.
Canadian National Debt is approximately 30% of their GDP. US National Debt is over 90% of their GDP. So if you were going to make the decision solely based on money, which seems to be the way a lot of US citizens make decisions, joining the US would be a poor decision for Canada.
It is fun to contemplate what the US would be like. The natural diversity added to the country would be astounding. The huge swaths of polar regions, the Canadian Rockies, the Atlantic islands (PEI, NS, Labrador...). Adding great, unique world renowned cities like Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver would be a great addition to the US. The natural resources added would also be beneficial, minerals, timber, arable land, oil, fishing...
However, all that said, I think it would be a one sided trade. I think the US would benefit much more from the natural resources added through the addition of a sparsely populated enormous country. Obviously, Canada would lose its national identity and probably much of its culture as it is absorbed by the much more populous US.
Fun to contemplate, but never going to happen.
As long as we're contemplating, we should remember that an American force did invade Quebec during the Revolutionary War. Things might have turned out very differently for the history of Canada if that invasion had been successful!
Also, until 1949 Newfoundland was not a Canadian province, but a British dependency. Imagine if Newfoundland had turned its back on Canada and sought to become our 49th state at the time.
I wouldn't want the French language part, though. Canada could save a lot of money by dropping the need to put "One Dollar" and "Un Dollar" on each loonie. I mean, it's not as if people don't know how much each one is worth (about 99 US cents)...
Hmm... it only says "1 Dollar" on the one-dollar coin. Means the same in both English and French. The two-dollar coin says "2 Dollars", which once again covers both languages.
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