Turks & Caicos & Canada be good for each other
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One of the areas that Canada (and the USA) are beating you hands-down at is the number of territories that are leaving or have severed their ties with your nation.
Just think of the massive drop in GDP, etc when Scotland and the Turks & Caicos leave.
I disagree with the stats. You're using a dubious site with dubious figures to try and show me that Canada's economy is somehow outperforming Britain's, even though - as has been pointed out before - Britain's economy is outperforming every other major Western economy. Britain's economy will grow faster than Canada's this year. Our unemployment is falling. Canada's is rising. Our unemployment is now lower than yours. They are the REAL stats, not some silly, suspicious figures on Nationmaster.
Have you got any proof that these territories are about to leave the UK? Because the polls don't show that. Canada has much more chance of losing Quebec - remember that? - than Britain has of losing Scotland or Turks & Caicos.
By the way, what is the combined GDP of Scotland and the Turks & Caicos? Is it really as "massive" as you confidently propose? Work it out and then let me know. I always thought Scotland's economy was only twice that of Birmingham's.
Britain's economy is outpacing the major Western economies, and that, just about, includes Canada (which barely scrapes into the Top 10).
GDP Growth Forecast 2014
UK 3%
Canada - 2%
Unemployment Rate
UK - 6.8% and falling
Canada - 6.9% and rising
That's the official figures, not NationMaster's.
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Hmmmmm, let's see.
A referendum in Scotland on this specific issue and a senior gvt official from the Turks traveling to Canada to talk about joing our glorious nation.
The writing is on the wall Blackie - all you need to do is open your eyes
PS - Don't be afraid, the No More Tears shampoo will always be there for you
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According to the opinion polls the Scots will vote in favour of remaining in the UK by a much bigger margin than that which the Quebecans voted to remain in Canada (although many in England are desperate for the Scottish socialist subsidy junkies to go their own way so they are no longer a drain on the English economy and English taxpayer).
What was the result in that Quebecan referendum? I think they voted to remain in Canada by a margin of just 0.1%. It was a close-run thing, matey. I have a feeling the Scots will vote more overwhelmingly to remain in the UK. I can't see Quebec remaining in Canada for much longer. They always seem desperate to get out for some reason. The writing is on the wall, Petros - just open your eyes.
If you think they aren't the respective unemployment rates and growth forecasts, then let me know what the REAL unemployment rates and respective growth forecasts are.
Again, this should be fun....
Mine ARE the real figures.
It was already posted and it makes you mad so I'll post again to piss you off even more.
Canada and United Kingdom Compared by Economy: NationMaster.com
I've already pointed out that its figures are wrong.
But keep posting it. Being in denial about something will not change anything. Facts are facts, and I know the facts. You posting funny figures from NationMaster will not change the facts.
The facts are that Britain's unemployment rate is, at 6.8% and falling, lower than Canada's, and our economy is outpacing yours and is expected to grow at 3% this year, compared to 2% for Canada.
Another fact is that Britain is the only G8 country to have not experienced any recession between 1991 and 2008.
Blackleaf you are dreaming again. Canada's mining and energy resources are so much greater than
those of Great Britain, there is no comparison.
And we ain't seen nothing yet. The number of mines in the process of being set up is mind blowing.
Everything is wrong about those NationMaster "stats". Not only its unemplyment figures.
Look at exports. NationMaster says Canada's exports are $462.9 billion and the UK's are $473 billion.
In REALITY - and I only deal in reality and real, CURRENT (May 2014) figures, not figures from how many months or years ago from NationMaster - Canada's exports are only $458 billion and Britain's are $ 475.7 billion.
I wouldn't read too much into those NationMaster figures. How appropriate for you to post figures that could be months or years old rather than posting the figures for May 2014 (6.8% and falling unemployment rate for UK and 6.9% unemployment rate for Canada).
And our aerospace industry - the second-largest in the world - and automotive industry - which has just overtaken France's as the third-largest in Europe - are so much greater than yours.
You may be building more pointless windmills than us that don't work and will cause your lights to go out by 2020, but we build cars and aeroplanes.
It's not bull****. It's the figures for May 2014. God knows how long ago those NationMaster figures are from. You can't get away with posting out-of-date figures.
Matt Miller: U.K. hires Canadian Mark Carney for central bank - The Washington Post
Then link to your so called facts.
Then link to your so called facts.