wrong. canada should be the 51st thru 59th states (new brunswick and PEI combined into one state, yukon combined w/BC, NW territories combine w/alberta, quebec its own country, nunavut temporarily becomes a crown possession a la the isle of man as part of a transition to confederation w/greenland) - ThreadSky

jfruh.bsky.social • 102 days ago

wrong. canada should be the 51st thru 59th states (new brunswick and PEI combined into one state, yukon combined w/BC, NW territories combine w/alberta, quebec its own country, nunavut temporarily becomes a crown possession a la the isle of man as part of a transition to confederation w/greenland)

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"Trump suggested to Trudeau that Canada become the 51st state, which caused the prime minister and others to laugh nervously, sources told Fox News. But he continued, telling Trudeau that prime minister is a better title, though he could still be governor” www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...

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peterbp.bsky.social•102 days ago

And what about these inconvenient islands? Would we be expected to just leave them be?

andrewjplant.bsky.social•102 days ago

Ohhh so this is what colonialism feels like. No wonder people hate it so much.

charlesnorwood.bsky.social•102 days ago

I'm not sure the Quebeckers should be rewarded for their intransigence

hockeybear.space•102 days ago

PEI needs to remain its own polity because, under the terms of Confederation, they're entitled to four members of parliament regardless of population and it would be fun for Wyoming rule aficionados if that requirement applied to Congress too

leavittalone.bsky.social•102 days ago

Meanwhile the two Dakotas are merged and Delaware ceases to exist its big Maryland now

leavittalone.bsky.social•102 days ago

There’s also some sparely populated but basically francophone areas of western and northern Maine that could go to Quebec

dahosek.bsky.social•102 days ago

True fact: the reason there are two Dakotas was to give the Republicans 2 extra senators upon their statehood.

keithzg.ca•102 days ago

Alternative proposal, all land north of the existing provinces (including Alaska; the bits below finally rejoin BC) becomes part of a single state, the biggest in size and yet also the least populous, which has a pleasing symmetry

oneshoup.bsky.social•102 days ago

No no, we need to create more new tiny NE states to win the Senate.

dahosek.bsky.social•102 days ago

I’m open to Illinois becoming the 11th province. Heck, I’d settle for it being a Canadian territory.

sackofbooks.bsky.social•102 days ago

Will you be consulting with the Danish government on your plans to expand the size of their colony, or do you just assume that they'll go along with it?

bookhoser.bsky.social•102 days ago

Or, hear me out...

jfruh.bsky.social•102 days ago

francophone new brunswick gets annexed to quebec in this scenario and indigenous northern quebec gets annexed to nunavut

stejormur.bsky.social•102 days ago

Quebec as a French Overseas Department imho. They already have St Pierre et Miquelon, so just fuse Francophone Canada to it and expand its population by 100,000% or so

frankmccormick.bsky.social•102 days ago

You've really put a lot of thought into this.

jfruh.bsky.social•102 days ago

too much thought!!!!

jfruh.bsky.social•102 days ago

ACTUALLY greenland is an autonomous constituent country within the danish realm and could declare independence and then federate with its neighbors if it wanted to https://bsky.app/profile/sackofbooks.bsky.social/post/3lcer3lmrss2l

jfruh.bsky.social•102 days ago

yes they'd have to give up the danish budget subsidy but the Greenland-Nunavut Union will simply make mad bank selling hydropower to the seething quebecois

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