We should make the District of Columbia and Canada states.
We've paid over 170 Millions to companies who've sued us, and there will be more and more. NAFTA is all about short term profit for foreign corporations. And while we kill NAFTA, maybe it's time we look at some borders or more effective border security. The US is unable to stop the flow of guns into Canada.
We should make the District of Columbia and Canada states.
Not highlyWhat do most Canadians think about that?
Or aren't they going to be asked?
What do most Canadians think about that?
Or aren't they going to be asked?
I didn't say make Canadian provinces states, I said make Canada a state.That's like the Brexit dilemma. If Canada's provinces became US states, we'd enjoy full access to every aspect of the US market, and the uS market is Canada's most important by far. However, seeing that the US does tend to favour protectionism, we might also end up entrapping ourselves in a North American trading bloc that would force tariffs to rise all around us.
By remaining our own state, we can promote more trade with the rest of the world, but our access to our most important trading partner is more limited too. The UK presently faces the same dilemma with the EU.
NAFTA needs to be reviewed, but worst is the FIPPA with China. Its claim after claim against Canada, we have 6 billion in litigation presently. How can it be good for us?
I didn't say make Canadian provinces states, I said make Canada a state.
It would be the second-biggest by population, after California. As to the rest of your silly argument, if it can be run centrally as a country, it can be run centrally as a state.I think all trade agreements should necessarily include a common labour-market agreement, and here's why.
If it's only a trade agreement, the motivation for each party is to try to get the best deal for itself and to hell with the other party to the agreement.
If you include a common labour-market agreement and free movement of labour, the the negotiators have to consider that if the deal screws one side over, eveyone will just cross over to take the jobs in the other country, so both sides end up getting screwed. Then the motive for both sides is not the deal that benefits this or that party, but the one that benefits the people, the one that will create the most wealth for all sides.
I noticed that. But that one state would be bigger than all of the other states combined, not to mention that there is a big difference between Quebec, Alberta, and Nunavut for example.
It would have to be a highly decentralized state.
Make DC the door marked 'Quick Exit'. Canada, not so much more like the Eskimo who enjoys snow-cones so much it brings a tear to his eye for just a moment and then it is back to enjoying the lifestyle that come with a 90% unemployment rate. On a good year it will hit 95% and then it is free rides for everybody at the new amusement park in sunny Mexico, where the wind has you take your coat off rather than wrapping it around you tighter.We should make the District of Columbia and Canada states.