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Likely unwanted but still well-meant advice to my fellow Canadians from across the pond (as I have family in Canada myself):

Give a small pause to the usual separatist propaganda, or soon Alberta will become “strategic” to the US. Bald eagles will fly (for some reason screeching like a red-tailed hawk), and the Yankees will come to “liberate” the poor oppressed people of Alberta from the tyrannical reign of the maple syrup mafia. Alberta, Quebec, and others can return to their usual separatist agenda when things are a bit less chaotic south of the border.

The same goes for Scotland as well. I love them, I support their independence. Damn, I may move back to Scotland myself. But given everything happening in the world right now, it’s just not the time.

Sikto 4mo ago 💬 1

Thanks, but no thanks. It would take years and I’m not afraid of the orange man. We have more in common with the Northern US states, than we have ever had with Eastern Canada, or the UK. However, I do appreciate all of the good things you’ve done for the world, like the rule of law and such. We will keep those bits 😜 There is no better time than the present.

The US seems chaotic, when viewed through the lens of media and extreme perspectives from both sides of the aisle, but they are no different than any other country. I’ve spent enough time there to know who they are, and what Americans are like. They aren’t the ones you see on TV 🤙🫂

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Anthony Accioly 4mo ago 💬 1

I’m not British myself (well, technically I am; I do have a British passport - but I was not born in Britain, and can’t take credit for whatever they did for good or bad in the past). Also, Canadians came to the rescue of this island many times, so the appreciation for your people (even the unapologetic separatists) is mutual.

I hope you get what you are looking for, and that all your certainties and convictions about what the world is or isn’t, and what your friendly southern neighbours will or won’t do when world leaders go insane and war-time military conscriptions begin, turn out to be true. The world would certainly be a much better place if rich “farms of the world”, be it in Canada, Australia, Brazil, Europe, the Middle East, etc. couldn’t be bullied in times of need (or at any time, really).

I’m nowhere near as certain of my own convictions or my ability to predict how people will act when push comes to shove. As far as I’m concerned, if I could bring my family members out of Canada at the moment, I would (not that the UK is doing any better at the moment). Unfortunately, I can’t.

Sikto 4mo ago 💬 1

Just like you, I’m not certain of anything, and I don’t know whether I have given that impression, or maybe you’re reading between the lines something that is not there.

I have no idea what the future has in store, but sometimes, some things, are worth risking.

And that is where I stand.

If you came where I came from, it couldn’t get any worst, and I am where I am now, not because of the federal government of Canada, but in spite of it.

sêkwêstkwân ᓭᑫᐧᐢᑎᑳᐧᐣ 4mo ago

Truth! Canada has done nothing to benefit me in the slightest. Everything I have is in-spite of Canada. I only know one thing When we send 47 billion out East and they use that money to bomb children in Feluja with depleted uranium shells I get my knickers in a knot.

sêkwêstkwân ᓭᑫᐧᐢᑎᑳᐧᐣ 4mo ago

Our courts need to kick out the bar. It is a satanic organization that invites our brightest to swear an oath on bended knee to some Inn of court in London! We would do better with the first nation talking stick and peace pipe!