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   On 26 May 2025, Ron L. said the following...   
      
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    RL> The Canada situation is very interesting.   
    RL>    
    RL> One of the things about kind of split is that most of the time, it's the   
    RL> productive parts that want to split off the leeching parts.  So a split   
    RL> is never good for the leech side.   
    RL>    
    RL> Communism takes what Capitalism makes.   
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   It's a mess.  There is a pain in the ass province in Canada, Quebec, the   
   French speaking one.  They say that Quebec represents ~ 20% of the Canadian   
   population... though not all people in Quebec don't speak French the ones that   
   don't are more than likely not happy.  The rest of Canada has bilingual this   
   and that... Quebec... It's illegal to have your sign in both French and   
   English.   
      
   Squeaky wheel gets the oil...  Quebec complains all the time, and they want to   
   separate and form their own country... So... Because of Quebec you must be   
   bilingual to be employed in certain federal positions...  Even if that   
   position is in Alberta... Alberta is Canada's Texas... and you'd be hard   
   pressed to find someone French speaking there.  But all Provincial laws have   
   to be written in both languages.   
      
   Ottawa, in efforts to keep Quebec in the fold, sends 10s of Billion of dollars   
   from Alberta to Quebec... This is called transfer payments... Money goes from   
   the ones that have to the ones that don't, or in Quebec's case, the ones that   
   piss and moan.   
      
   Alberta has been waiting for Quebec to approve a pipeline to continue through   
   their province so that Alberta can send their product to market on that side   
   of the world.. but they refuse to.  Quebec will buy their oil and gas from   
   Venezuela... refuse to help Alberta with the pipeline... But take 10s of   
   Billions in transfer payments.   
      
   Great news... Western Canada is Conservative...  Canada didn't get their   
   constitution until the 80's... and when they drafted it they put in language   
   that would allow Quebec to exit if they could muster the votes... Well, the   
   west is looking at that clause and may be voting to leave.     
      
   Referendum in Alberta may happen in the next few months... Saskatchewan may be   
   next... These 2 provinces are oil producers.  BC is talking about it as well.    
   BC would be important because its on the Pacific coast.  Manitoba is the last   
   western province.     
      
   Anyway...  Quebec is the loudest opponent to Alberta leaving mainly because   
   they'll miss Alberta's welfare checks..   
      
   Canada as we have known it may not be in the months and years coming.  I don't   
   think Ottawa was expecting this...  But there has been a disconnect with   
   Ottawa and the west since I can remember.   
      
   I hope that if the west separates from the east it becomes a republic.  On the   
   political side of things I hope that it uses a more US approach rather than a   
   parliamentarian style...  Like the US, in Canada, we have senators... but   
   unlike the US, Canada appoints them based political reasons and not with the   
   will of the people.  I hope that they draft a constitution that minimizes   
   government and maximizes individual rights.   
      
   I don't follow Canadian politics like I do American, I have my hands full with   
   US news  and I don't want to add to my busy schedule... But what I have   
   learned in the last election cycle was that Alberta's Premier is   
   spectacular... Trump 3.0... She has a vagina strong enough to take whatever   
   Ottawa and the Globalist through her way.   
      
   There are people with TDS in Canada at levels never seen anywhere else.  I   
   think Trump's off the cuff comment about Canada becoming the 51st state cost   
   the conservatives the election.   
      
   We have what we have now... Though the west is a better 51st state... Shut the   
   Phuck up...  and let things play out.   
      
   BTW, I get to vote on the coming referendum and I will be voting to   
   separate...  Then I'll drop the mic and wait for my 3rd passport.   
      
   Anyway, @Ron... you don't have to respond... The world we grew up in does not   
   exist anymore.   
      
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