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The federal government is hosting a summit in Toronto Friday aimed at bolstering the economy in the face of Canada's rapidly changing relationship with its largest trading partner.
  • crime [she/her, any]English
    69•1 month ago

    Melting polar ice caps are making the far north more accessible to countries like Russia and China, meaning Canada has to do more to protect its vulnerable northern frontier — and, in turn, protect the U.S.

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  • Cimbazarov [none/use name]English
    52•1 month ago

    I like to fantasize about all the Canadian chuds turning into anti imperialists once the threat becomes more apparent. Alas, Canada’s culture is too similar to America’s treatler

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPEnglish
      21•1 month ago

      The funny part here is that Canada doesn’t really have any cultural identity aside from not being the US.

      • @SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        18•1 month ago

        This is literally true. Historically, settler Canadians have only had three identities: subjects of the queen, Quebecois, and not-American. That’s all they’ve run on to build a nation.

        • Cimbazarov [none/use name]English
          7•1 month ago

          I get really irked at a Canadian friend whenever they talk about America/Americans and act as if it’s so different from Canada. They make it seem like it’s almost as culturally different as say, France from America. I think Canadians perceive the differences from the US much greater than they actually are. Also, (idealism warning) I think they just like to shit on America whenever they can, and annexation takes that away from them

          • @SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
            2•1 month ago

            I am Canadian so I have to deal with that all the time, it is quite annoying so I understand how you feel. If you ask a Canadian what it even means to BE Canadian, you’ll always get some weird vague answer that pretty much amounts to nothing (free healthcare, being polite, poutine, maple syrup, being nice, you get the idea). I think they have a chip on their shoulder regarding Americans.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPEnglish
          6•1 month ago

          Exactly, and this is likely going to be the biggest barrier to being absorbed into the US. It would undermine very semblance of identity that Canada was cobbled around.

    • Lemister [none/use name]English
      15•1 month ago

      Like when Canadian independence is no longer worth maintaining it will fold, in the end canadian culture is just another regional variation like Minnesota has a different culture than Connecticut.

  • EstraDoll [she/her]English
    48•1 month ago

    My Liege, it appears that United States is about to attack Canada in a war of aggression

    This is because of President Donald Trump’s Babbling Buffoon personality trait

    • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]English
      24•1 month ago

      America rolls a d100 wild surge presidential election every four years; only 1% chance of sudden apocalypse, good odds no? 46 rolls so far as of October 2024 and so far so good.

      Oh also there’s a 102% chance of getting the war criminal trait with a 2% margin of error but we don’t bother rolling that.

  • blame [they/them]English
    46•1 month ago

    if you’re gonna blow up trade with the rest of the world you gotta get your input materials from somewhere

  • Spike [none/use name]English
    42•1 month ago

    lathe-of-heaven Trump invades Canada, takes over the big cities. Dems in 2028 run on freeing Canada, win, then don’t follow through saying they needed more votes. Republican wins 2032 and finishes taking over the rest of Canada.

  • Awoo [she/her]English
    35•1 month ago

    This will be quite an interesting crisis to watch play out, ultimately Canada is a constitutional monarchy and charles-agony is the head of state who will be the final say on it. If Trump makes a state visit to the UK it will be to discuss it.

      • Awoo [she/her]English
        14•1 month ago

        It has to.

        Now, whether he goes against it or gets something out of it in exchange I don’t know. But we’re entering a period where we’re going to see how the world is really structured. The King of Denmark stepped in for Greenland despite liberals always pretending they’re powerless tourist attraction these days, I see no reason why the British monarchy wouldn’t be involved in the Canadian issue. These monarchies are real monarchies with real organisational impact on these countries if they choose to use it.

  • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]English
    17•1 month ago

    God I hope Canada publicly asks Russia to give or sell them nukes; not cause I want Canada to use them, but to really put fear into the chuds.