Varifrank: Remember all those folks who left for Canada after the election?

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Remember all those folks who left for Canada after the election?

Well, there may not be a Canada to run away to for much longer!

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"Many Albertans are fed up with Ontarians and other Canadians who continue to elect "criminal" Liberals, and some are near their breaking point, a senior Conservative MP said Friday.

Bob Mills, Tory MP for Red Deer and the party's environment critic, said some of his constituents are contemplating separatism and may have no other choice should the federal Liberals win the next election.

"If we don't form the government this time, the message I'm getting is that we'd be totally frustrated. We just don't know if we can keep this battle going," Mills said in Calgary.

"What are the other options? I'm a federalist. I want to save the country. But I'll tell you they're very, very frustrated right now..."

Ford and GM are now in junk bond status due to their overpromising of benefits to their workers that adds about $1,500 to each car they make. As a result, both companies are very likely to restructure with bankruptcy plans that will allow them to dump their benefit plans,union contracts and restructure their debt.

European countries are also in the same state as Ford and GM and their restructuing is taking the form of the European Union. ( Dont fix the leaks in the boat, just make the boat bigger!)

So, is Canada now set for its own flavor of restructuring? I find it very hard to accept but all the signs are there. There is currently a very serious disconnect between the government and the governed, followed by an overbalance in power that has Ontario and Quebec increasingly out of touch with the western provinces. The liberal party of Canada is no longer acting on mandate but out of its own self interest and that is always dangerous. Whenever a group of politicians decides that power is more important that ethics, anything can and will happen. A wise man once said, "When there is no right and wrong, there is only one thing - Power". This is what "humanist relativism" has wrought.

Will Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and the Maritimes join the EU? Will British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and the Northern Territories form their own country? Will they all want to go their own way?

I dont see any of them joining the US, but at this point I think its more than likely that the current federation of Canada is in deep peril. Our country has as its core a Constitution that forbids the secession. Once upon a time, some of our states didn't agree with that and the result was that we fought the bloodiest war in our history to settle the issue.

Its always been a point of pride with the Canadians that they have not suffered a Civil War during the formation of their country, but I fear that the day may be coming when that is no longer true. Canadians are not politically boisterous like Americans, they dont go popping off at the mouth saying things like are being said in this edmonton journal piece, so to me this might be one of those " if theres smoke, theres fire" things. Remember, Canada is a civilized country where restaurants regularly display a picture of the Queen of England behind the cash register.

To me there is no greater indictment of socialism than what it has done to a great country like Canada. Once upon a time in the not too distant past, Canada was the economic equal of the US. Today it barely matches the GDP and population of Southern California.

Hey you guys, Be careful up there. Civil Wars start first as a culture breach, then they become a political breach, then they become an outright war. Once you start a 'Civil war' its hell getting it stopped. Let Quebec go, call their bluff, you're better off without them.

Posted @ May 07, 2005 08:41 AM | Current Affairs

Wow. Exactly what happened to the Baader-Meinhof gang

Posted by: beautifulatrocities at May 7, 2005 09:41 AM

Put Canada's GNP another way: it has virtually the same population as there are African-Americans in the USA. Their GNP is virtually identical, too. In summary, Canada's GNP is the same as the US's most "disadvantaged" group.

Put another way: their GNP per person is the same as Arkansas.

Posted by: Infidel at May 8, 2005 03:34 PM

**Will Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and the Maritimes join the EU?**

Wouldn't it be more likely that the above mentioned provinces would petition the Crown for Commonwealth status- either independently, or as a new collective?

**Put another way: their GNP per person is the same as Arkansas.**

Ouch! Does that include revenues generated by their oil exports?

Posted by: Dennis_Mahon at May 10, 2005 01:34 PM

Now, thats a good question. My answer would be yes, but Im not sure what the process of seccession looks like to the Canadian constitution. I cant see them saying the secession is illegal and then allow the formation of a new commonwealth.

Lets also be clear, Ontario treats the west like a cash cow. They arent going to allow it to leave willingly and the west doesnt have the population to get equal representation to stay.

Ottowa must either address the inequities of power between the eastern states and the western states or it will surely invite a division, whether it intends to do so or not.

Posted by: varifrank at May 10, 2005 03:38 PM