In the Trump administration, voices are increasingly being heard that after Canada, it is Australia's turn to become
the 52nd American state. There is no doubt that many Australians would be more than happy to finally be free of British colonial rule.

When Trumpy has destroyed what is left of the US health care industry no one will want to join the US, can see California moving to become part of Mexico again, states like Washington will want to join Canada.

That assumes the orange buffoon implements the 2025 project recommendations when the nation will fall apart, secession rampant etc in  months.

Trudeau is deeply unpopular – according to an Ipsos poll from last month, 73 per cent of Canadians, including 43 per cent of Liberal voters, believed Trudeau should step down as party leader.

Perhaps no issue drives that more than the economy. In her resignation letter, Freeland called out Trudeau’s “costly political gimmicks”, a reference to his $C6.3bn ($7bn) affordability plan that included sending $C250 cheques to everyone in the country making less than $C150,000 a year. Canada’s government, once a model of fiscal prudence, now runs massive deficits to fund increasingly ineffective social programs.

Trudeau’s runaway taxing and spending have made Canadians poorer, in part due to his signature carbon tax, which has reduced real incomes across the country. Before the pandemic, Canada’s per capita GDP was about 80 per cent of America’s. In 2025 it will be just 70 per cent, according to International Monetary Fund projections.

Donald Trump jokes that Canada should become a state, but if it somehow became one it would be among the poorest in the union.
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Crime
Violent crime has skyrocketed under Trudeau’s leadership. Homicides rose by more than 50 per cent between 2014 and 2022, and on a per capita basis there is now more violent crime there than in the US. This, again, is a direct result of Trudeau’s policies, which have increasingly gone easy on criminals, even explicitly giving lighter sentences to people of colour who’ve been convicted of crimes. It’s an astounding turnaround for a country that long kept serious violence confined to ice hockey rinks and subarctic bars.



There are certain things that simply can’t be wished away. Things such as Islamic fundamentalism, the societal downsides of mass immigration, rising crime and stagnant economics. Trudeau – who, in a fit of desperation in October, tried to reverse his immigration policies – learned these lessons too late. He is the latest casualty of the great crack-up. But he will not be the last.

Leroy wrote on Jan 12^th, 2025 at 8:57am:


What on Earth gave you that idea?

Dnarever wrote on Jan 12^th, 2025 at 11:27am:

Canada is about elect a Conservative government in a landslide.

Australia and Canada have decent education and health insurance systems.

In the US you take out a second mortgage for a minor treatment. And Trumpy is going to make that MUCH worse! MUCH, MUCH worse—he has to get the money to pay the oligarchs HUGE tax cuts from somewhere!

Jovial Monk wrote on Jan 12^th, 2025 at 2:41pm:


I've yet to see any evidence of that, I've seen plenty of pearl clutching but strangely not a shred of evidence.