Looking forward to my new passport

On Saturday I read this long but rather insightful article about the state of the Canadian Nation.  He details all of the evidence that Canada has become a failed state.  Much of hat he says I have covered in various blog posts.  The point of his post is that Canada is done.  If we are not prepared to fix our problems then we should take Trumps offer to be part of the United States.

In politics, nothing is ever what it seems on the surface. In reality, Trump’s threats are about much more than border security and trade imbalances. This was a test of Canada’s willingness and ability to fix its spiralling problems… and Canada has failed that test miserably.

When Trump’s trolling started, “Team Canada” should have put on a smile, swallowed its pride, and graciously set about addressing Trump’s security concerns. Instead, our ruling class decided to declare “war” on America’s energy security by threatening to cut off oil and gas supplies to the U.S.

My loyalty is to my community, not to a flag that represents the interests of the plundering class in Ottawa as they destroy my local community with their ideology and their plunder. 

I was born and live in the province of Alberta.  I have long been an advocate for Independence from Canada.  Alberta has always been a better deal for Canada than Canada has been for Alberta.  There is no advantage for Alberta to remain part of Canada.  I had thought about Alberta Joining the US but I always thought independence was a better option.  Now that Trump has made joining the US a very real possibility I have considered the option more carefully.  I have changed my mind.  I think Alberta should join the US.

The devil is always in the details and it was one important detail that swung my decision.  A new country would require a new constitution and I do not trust even Albertans to draft a constitution that would be worth the paper it was written on.  For generations Canadians have been indoctrinated to believe that government is next to godliness.  Even Albertans have not escaped this programing.  What kind of constitution would people who believe so fervently in government draft?

The US constitution was drafted by revolutionaries that became politicians.  They wanted to make sure that a government could never force themselves on their citizens the way King George had.  If Alberta were to separate, the constitution would be written by politicians who had never accomplished anything other than winning a referendum on separation.  I do not trust that politicians who had always benefited personally from their involvement with government would ever write a document that limits the power of government.  We would just trade tyranny from Ottawa for tyranny closer to home.

The US constitution is not perfect and it has certainly been abused.  But, there is a reformation movement in the US called MAGA.  Trump is determined to move the US back closer to their founding documents.  Given the choice between those documents and a document produced by indoctrinated Canadian politicians I choose the US documents.  I think it is time for us to take Trump up on his offer.