Yes, let’s separate from Canada and create a new identity called Albertonia, or we could become the 51st state (North Texas).
By breaking up Canada, the Republican Party of Alberta would have to create a new currency, a new police force, a new pension plan, a new military force, a whole new bureaucracy, establish new trade agreements with other nations. Who will pay for all these new services? What will happen to the rest of Canada?
Americans would love to take over our country (they tried twice during the American Revolutionary War; turned back five times during the War of 1812), and an offer by American financiers to buy the vast territory west of Ontario (Manitoba and Saskatchewan) was rejected in the late 1800s. Dividing our country is a goal for billionaires like Trump and Musk.
Look on the bright side: By becoming a U.S. state, we would have more pro sports and college teams to watch. We would see more pharmaceutical commercials promoting drugs, and we would have a U.S. tax system so confusing that we would have to hire accountants to handle our tax returns.
We would experience mass shooting on a daily basis (in our schools, churches, shopping malls, theatres, music concerts and sporting events, etc).
We would have gun-toting “Rambos” roaming our streets looking for “bad guys” or playing “warriors” in unregulated militias (like in Idaho).
Our children would be sent to fight, supposedly for democracy, in far away places like the Middle East, Africa, Asia or Europe.
We would “kiss-off” our environment because our politicians (like Trump) would turn our scenic country into one big “tacky” resort (like Miami, Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, etc).
We would have a government constantly undermining the public welfare of our people by deregulating standards, like vaccinations for childhood diseases (measles epidemics in Alberta and Texas) the Boeing scandal, or by promoting private education and private health care over public services under the guise of eliminating “red tape”). Sound familiar?
Yes, let’s separate! Let’s destroy Canada since it’s not perfect! Eliminate the maple leaf, the Mounties, our national anthem and our public health-care system. Let’s throw away our heritage, our history, and our culture.
No. We are not.
Repeat after me: Canada is not for sale. Canada: Strong and Free. Elbows up. Love it or leave it (for the CINOs: Canadians in Name Only).
George Thatcher,
Olds
