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“Very, very senior” officials in the Trump administration have had secret meetings with far-right Canadian separatists trying to shake the foundations of the country. The covert meetings between high-ranking U.S. officials and the Alberta Prosperity Project come as a widening rift appears between Canadian leadership and the White House. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney used a speech in Davos, Switzerland, last week to call out President Trump for creating a “rupture” in the existing world order.

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[–] SleepyPie@lemmy.world 45 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

I’d say California should hold a referendum to join Canada in response, but then I discovered California’s economy alone has 4.3 trillion GDP compared to all of Canada’s 2.6 trillion. Amazing that the average Canadian still has better access to healthcare 😅

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 37 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I bet that if California had universal healthcare, the GDP would skyrocket. Healthy people are productive people. Ditto for doing free education, genuine anti-corruption, and...(goes on)

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

What? If the country looks after the population, the population will look after the country? That would never work! You know, except for the various countries where it provably does work..

[–] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 8 points 15 hours ago

that's communism according to the federal gov expect ICE soon

[–] froh42@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

As a German I would prefer California in the EU. I'd be ok to send EU money to Denmark, so they can buy California.

Image West Coast Weather AND hygge in one single state.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Well you might get Canada in the EU soon.

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Unfortunately won't happen but it'd be great to have a Norway-style European integration for Canada: no official EU status but practically behaving as it was

[–] froh42@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

That would be great.

Oooh, update. Just found the other post https://lemmy.world/post/42340747

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

California is THE fourth largest economy in the world with the first being the USA as a whole.

[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

What place is USA without California?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 7 hours ago

And without the entire west coast (assuming without Alaska), because the three states basically move as one.