Trump Empire

[westernvicki]

While I don't think it will happen in my lifetime, for Alberta there are only positives. We would get rid of our central canuckistanian slavers for one. Under the current arrangement, AB is just a tax farm. Another advantage would be access to health care. My neighbor, who is in his 70's had shoulder sugery last Jan in Idaho. Doing quite well today as they are out walking the dogs past our place every morning.

Alberta is a tax farm. Well said.

The negotiations with Canada will likely become more engaging with Premier Danielle Smith at the helm. Let us hope that Sk. & NL continue to support the renegotiation of the equalization formula. They all ask for an Equal, elected, and Effective Senate to create a check and balance in Ottawa. They also demand a redistribution of PMO powers to include provinces, which would also be an ideal start.

[newguy]

Alberta is a tax farm. Well said.

The negotiations with Canada will likely become more engaging with Premier Danielle Smith at the helm. Let us hope that Sk. & NL continue to support the renegotiation of the equalization formula. They all ask for an Equal, elected, and Effective Senate to create a check and balance in Ottawa. They also demand a redistribution of PMO powers to include provinces, which would also be an ideal start.

When Brad Wall wanted a new deal Harper told him he needed the Eastern votes to win so he had to back down.Brad Wall backed down .Same will happen with Polly and the western premiers.

[newguy]

Trump is going to run the country like his company.Attain more property at all cost.I wonder if the average American thinks an import tax is worth to start a war over.Everyone knows the average American will pay for all of Trumps warped visions.

[littledoggie]

Meanwhile, while everyone is fussing over what Trump said, keep a close eye on a liberal leadership race. (If there actually is one) Special interest groups can easily install their preferred candidate because to cast your vote for the next leader of the LPC you only have to be 14 years old and temporarily reside in this country. 5 million temporary foreign workers and students, whose visas are expected to expire by the end of the year, are expected to just go home.

[westernvicki]

When Brad Wall wanted a new deal, Harper told him he needed the Eastern votes to win, so he had to back down. Brad Wall backed down. The same will happen with Polly and the Western premiers.

You have to hope that the Premiers had a shitty constitution & a PMO that used every aspect of the Parliamentary procedures provided for executive authority shoved in their face hard and down their throats far enough to realize the powers of the PMO must be balanced and checked.

I know the majority of citizens did.

It's fair to say that Harper departed from the Reform Party blue book measures he helped to create before he was elected PMO. Indeed, the record shows how that ended!

The blue book had recommended Parliamentary reforms (hence the name Reform Party)
which were intended to address the demand: "The West Wants In." The list included checks and balances like Senate Reform, free votes, and redistribution of the PMO's powers.

Premier Brad Wall was right to ask, like Premier Clyde Wells and Premier Don Getty before; regrettably, Premier Grant Devine was never on the list. However, for this to be different today, we will need the majority of Premiers to address the need for Constitutional reform to create a better functioning nation for the future.

Indeed, the ball will be in the Premier's court, as no PMO will willingly consent to reduced powers.

Hope springs eternal!

And yes, we should all demand our Premiers to do this. The Confederation of 1867 never included the majority of provinces in the negotiation. It is time to address this issue.

[Province of Buffalo]

What this country needs is a referendum on a Triple E senate.

Let the people decide, for we know the politicians will never agree.

If eastern Canada votes yes then we implement it effective yesterday and build a nation, if they vote no, then the West leaves and build its own great nation!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Elizabeth May commented on this and said something smart for the first time since; forever. If borders are getting re-arranged it would be a great opportunity for the creation of Cascadia. A merger of BC, Washington, Oregon, and California.

Borders of this continent should have been drawn north/south not east/west.

I had an interesting discussion with a businessman from the Seattle area at New Years.
Washington, and Oregon are just like BC, a big city that votes far left, with the remainder of the states going the complete opposite direction. There is a concerted effort to unite the rural areas of Washington, Oregon and Idaho without Portland and Seattle.

As for borders running on the wrong axis, every single province in Canada does more trade with the US, than with the rest of Canada. Geography runs north south, voting patterns run north south.

[newguy]

I had an interesting discussion with a businessman from the Seattle area at New Years.
Washington, and Oregon are just like BC, a big city that votes far left, with the remainder of the states going the complete opposite direction. There is a concerted effort to unite the rural areas of Washington, Oregon and Idaho without Portland and Seattle.

As for borders running on the wrong axis, every single province in Canada does more trade with the US, than with the rest of Canada. Geography runs north south, voting patterns run north south.

So what your saying is a country is better to a country made up of people with similar views and occupations in order to be happy.think you should research education by states and you would see a direct pattern in how people vote.more so than geographic.

[WiltonRanch]

So what your saying is a country is better to a country made up of people with similar views and occupations in order to be happy.think you should research education by states and you would see a direct pattern in how people vote.more so than geographic.

I will agree but disagree with one word, disenfranchisement.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

So what your saying is a country is better to a country made up of people with similar views and occupations in order to be happy.think you should research education by states and you would see a direct pattern in how people vote.more so than geographic.

That is not the smoking gun that you think it is. It is a direct reflection on the propaganda that is brainwashed into students at our educational institutions. The ability to be brainwashed indicates a very low level of intelligence.