My alternate most schadenfreude-y timeline involves Alberta managing to Wexit somehow, and consequently Washington and Oregon joining Canada.

Alberta separatists never shut up about running a pipeline through Washington to the west coast.

If the west coast of the US went to Canada after Alberta separated, that would be the ultimate poetic justice. Alberta would be back negotiating a pipeline again, through Washington, but again with Canada, and now as a foreign state with all the animosity of a recent separation.

This would be: “How to shoot yourselves in the dick on an international stage, in one easy step”.

Resistors need to answer question 2A, learn to build and fly drones, and join an improv group.

You’re overthinking it buddy. It’s a fart, it’s funny.

If you feel like you need to understand me to make it funny, then fill yer boots.

Edit honestly if you don’t find farts funny then you’re a loser because you’re choosing to have less joy in your life but the exact same amount of farts.

You have to admit it was pretty funny.

It would properly express the respect I have for this conversation. Oh well, use your imagination.

Ok sedition.

But I prefer to call them traitors because that’s what they are.

Does that work for you?

Alberta separatists never shut up about running a pipeline through Washington to the west coast.

If the West Coast went to Canada after Alberta separated, that would be the ultimate poetic justice. Alberta would be back negotiating with Canada but now as a foreign state with all the animosity of a recent separation. I’d almost like to see it if it didn’t mean massive political upheaval.

Wow you’ve dropped a real steaming hot pile of take right here.

See my response to him.

Our country is propagandized by the US, and within Canada we aren’t fed the same exceptionalist bullshit that they are in the US.

I know and I’m close with a lot of American friends, family and colleagues. I know they aren’t all assholes, but unfortunately about half are, and about 1 in 6 actually want to annex my country.

No one I’ve ever met claims it’s a utopia. Unlike Americans brainwashed from birth we don’t believe our country is perfect, nor do we believe that other countries have no value. We don’t believe our country is perfect and entitled to greatness.

Consider that you believe that we think this way, precisely because you can’t imagine it differently.

I wish I could upload my fart in response.

We could start by enforcing our laws. Foreign interference is everywhere, and we’ve just ignored it for decades. Eg, the US funds the Frasier Institute and no one makes any comment about this. Half of our media is owned by them. The convoy was subsidized by US funding. I don’t believe for a moment that the UCP and/or its members aren’t awash in US corporate bribes and cash promises.

Our country is under threat and no one seems to do a damn thing about it. Why doesn’t any politician discuss this? Poilievre talks about Chinese interference, where is the concern for this interference by the US, very clearly our enemy??!

Who do you put your trust in when it comes to making economic and political decisions in the face of a generational existential threat to our sovereignty, as well as a massive, rapid and necessary restructuring of our economy?

I’m sure you’ll forgive me, but I rather think that given what he has accomplished in his first year, his overall skillset and deep knowledge in relevant fields, and his preeminent experience at the highest levels of economic and strategic discourse, he is much more trustworthy on the topics of trade and economic diversification, defense and sovereignty and affordability - and far better suited to protect and progress our country away from US dependence - than you are, random internet stranger who has none of the equivalent skills, experience or access to critical information from expert advisors.

But that’s just me. I prefer to pragmatically consider my options with some humility and respect for expertise, rather than pooling together all the insight of a high school bong session.

Yeah Canada and the US are really the same. Sure buddy. Steaming hot pile of take right there.

The guy you responded to is on the far left economically. Think the polar opposite of libertarian, who thinks there are no redeeming qualities of our current economic systems, and rather than fixing things incrementally, if we instead massively overhaul the system, we will surely have a much better economic picture.

Not sure what he believes about democracy, but I’m guessing he also objects to that as well. In other words, hardly with the time of day.

Yeah, in fact if I were him I’d be finding every opportunity to change my mind, indicate soft commit then withdraw then change my mind again, say I’m still thinking about it, insist that other items are ahead of it that need to be resolved first, just generally do every type of sabotage of the decision and discourse, no matter how minor. I would lie and withhold any info until it was absolutely necessary to let the public and the press know. Work deals in the backrooms. Find a small team of like minded people who understand what needs to be done clandestinely here.

I would be shocked if this wasn’t Carney’s approach right now. Which will piss off all of the CPC armchair MPs that hate him and seem to be following the Trump political playbook up here. They are on a need to know basis, as we all are, but they are going to take it particularly poorly, you can be sure, egged on by their hyperpartisan whiny opposition leader.

The only winning strategy for us right now is delay delay delay. I don’t blame him at all for buying time whenever he does it.

1 in 6 is not low.

17% is more than one in six. That number sounds uncomfortably high.

I know perhaps two dozen Americans who are friends, current and former colleagues, or family. It’s disturbing to think that statistically there are perhaps 3 or 4 that don’t think that the country that I love, that is my home, that has allied with them and sacrificed for that alliance, should exist. That I should bow to their power. It’s psycho shit.