Can Canada and the USA be Unified into One Country?

OP - please god no. I like my country and its centrist way of living, thank you very much.

The only thing you could really offer, is access to hulu.

 

No, because the U.S. is a melting pot of peoples without socialism and Canada is a socialist cupboard with lot of pigeonholes for different folks.Moreover Canada is more European ( British ) as USA.

 

few of us canadians give any thought to the brits...we're not americans, we're not brits and we're not europeans....we are Canadians....

 

You haven't been there have you Ostap?

On top of that Canada would never let itself be absorbed by the US.



See that maple leaf?

 

I think it would happen if we are attacked by zombies.

 

Not much different than the US. Life's a (*)(*)(*)(*)(*), but you die without hulu.

 

Canada and America can be unified once the Canadians are evicted from Canada. Mexico has agreed to let the displaced Canadians become Mexicans. Problem solved.

 

try it, and we burn your white house down again. nyuk

 

Britain burned down the White House not Canada. Canada didn't exist, literally and figuratively, during the phase of the Napoleonic Wars, called the War of 1812 by Americans.

 

It seems you forgot to mention that Mexico makes that stipulation from a position of strength with 98% of Mexicans now deemed illegal American immigrants.

 

We call them "undocumented Americans."

 

There is nothing like the US turning a blind eye while forum members claim it's other countries that partake in such a practice.

 

The eye is more glazed over than blind.

 

no, it's a stupid idea and impossible...Canadians are no more Americans than Swedes are Norwegians, than Chileans are Argentinians, than Austrians are Germans or Swiss, than Belgium are Dutch...common nationality is much more than a cosmetically superficial resemblance...

 

Canada is too smart than to become part of a messed up country like the uSA. Mexico and Peurto Rico have tried to distance themselves from the USA. Broke ass USA will be like the loser relative with the addiction problem for the rest of the real world. The capitalist have tapped out the USA on profits, and other countries do not want the USA's jewish owned banks, broadcast media, unions, legal system, medical industry, and education system dumbing down their population and leaching profit and taking over their countries. The masters of capitalization are not wanted in most parts of the world. That is why American obey.

 

Nobody likes America any more, not even Americans.

 

In my opinion, Canadians want to stay Canadians, I don't think they will be agree for see the Canada disappear...

 

Only if we can ship anyone who self-identifies as Republican or Libertarian to Somalia.

 

A combination of this kind is impossible, Canadian policies are far more secular than their american counterparts. One nation under god would not be socially acceptable for most canadians and a secular government would be unacceptable for many americans. Our countries share many similar traits but our differences create the largest gaps.

 

Different countries and different cultures. I lived in US for a couple of years and people are nice, but going to Canada is like going home. The people are different. And there is Quebec etc, if they want out of Canada, you'll have to referendum them about joining US.

I suppose if you can unite Scotland and England though, you can unite US and Canada. US could use the balance and humanity Canada brings. But I wouldn't like to see the effects on Canada.

 

the difference being Scotland was unified with England by force, a few hundred years of that and unity seems almost normal...

 

I recently moved to Canada from Idaho. I assumed that Canada was much like the USA... and on the surface it is. But after living here for just seven short months I now see many major differences between the USA and Canada... and knowing Canadians, most would probably rather die than unify with the USA. There is so much anti American sentiment here just below the surface that I do not even tell people I meet that I am an American anymore.

 

The Acts of Union were democratic for their time and not forced. It's only been 300 years, so it's a bit early to judge.

 

That is sad on so many levels. If you travel around Europe, you will encounter a number of US citizens who pretend to be Canadians. I don't think that people hate Americans on the personal level, but the influence most publicly deplored across continental Europe, in the UK, in Australia, etc. is American. One of the saddest aspects of that is that most Americans react by saying we are simply jealous, but never really ask themselves why this is so.

 

It's complex. There was a lot of anti-British feeling among Americans prior to the Second World War and during the War before the US entered it. The feeling was mutual with the Brits. The alliance was of necessity, not affection. The Americans left Britain to rebuild itself after the War while they rushed into Europe to shore it up against its new enemy, the Soviet Union. I doubt if Americans reading this thread understand what post-Second World War Britain was like. It was devastated. But it was not occupied. It's why Churchill was booted out at the general election and Attlee's Labour party installed in government. people knew that times had changed.

The Brits felt abandoned, and they were. They even had to pay back the loans given by the US to pay for the war effort. That has now been paid back. But Brits don't forget it. The feeling is brittle I think. On an individual level it's fine, mate of mine in the States used to say, "don't like American but never met an American you didn't like". That's pretty accurate.

The Americans who want to be Canadians need to work on the accent though.....