Dramatic interventions from US president have upended electionCanadians head to pollsCanada’s prime minister Mark Carney has arrived at Ottawa’s International airport on election morning. Yesterday he was in Vancouver attending a vigil at the scene of a car ramming attack that killed 11 people and injured dozens at a Filipino heritage festival.Donald Trump issued a statement overnight on the eve of Canada’s election, again threatening the country’s independent sovereignty, and describing the border between the two nations as an “artificially drawn line from many years ago”, in another awkward intervention for Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre.Good luck to the great people of Canada. Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the world, have your car, steel, aluminum, lumber, energy, and all other businesses, quadruple in size, with zero tariffs or taxes, if Canada becomes the cherished 51st state of the US. No more artificially drawn line from many years ago. Look how beautiful this land mass would be. Free access with no border. All positives with no negatives. It was meant to be! America can no longer subsidize Canada with the hundreds of billions of dollars a year that we have been spending in the past. It makes no sense unless Canada is a state! Continue reading…
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Author : Martin Belam
Publish date : 2025-04-28 13:09:00
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