With an impending election, we should be ready for some serious change

BY ADRIAN REECE

With change in leadership comes a new direction and a new set of rules ready to be ushered in. With the elections in America finished and Trump ready to step into office in January, there are new rumours spreading that put America and Canada on notice. There are some subtle rumours going around that will impact both sets of citizenry. Trump has stated he will be instituting tariffs on foreign goods, in an attempt to improve the American economy. The Canadian prime minister has stated how much this will impact Canada. The rumour flying around is that Trump has offered to purchase Canada and turn us into an American state.

The thought of one country purchasing another one is laughable in the 21^st century, however looking at world history, the idea isn’t so farfetched. Canada previously sold Alaska to the United States years ago, and colonies have been purchased, run and sold by different countries all through the eras of slavery.

America certainly has the capital and would benefit greatly from acquiring the natural resources that Canada possesses, however would Canadians want to become American citizens? The big question is how would our lifestyles change? There are of course pros and cons to every decision in life and of course this one comes with huge negatives and positives.

Canadians would receive a boost in their financial buying power internationally. We would have access to the “American dream” that enables people to build wealth for generations. travelling to different states would be much easier as now the aspect of crossing the border won’t exist. The exchange rate will disappear, and we will receive instant access to higher value currency. All these things sound appealing, but there are caveats to anything that sounds too good. Canadians would lose their individuality on the world stage, we would also become a target for international American scrutiny and criticism, we would be subjected to the censorship of information and our food quality would plummet due to the low levels of effort America puts into their food distribution and health factors.

While most likely this purchase will not happen, the fact that it is being spoken about even as a rumour is something scary to consider. We have been under leadership that has been making poor decisions and this would be one of them. Does our Prime Minister want us to become America’s next state, and give up our individuality and cultural significance in the world? It seems like we’ve already been subjected to a cultural change over the last few years, beginning with Covid. The longer we remain with the same leadership the closer we are to completely losing the diversity and originality that comes with being a Canadian citizen.

With a Canadian impending election, we should be ready for some serious change, especially with how frustrated people and politicians are in regard to the current leadership. Until we officially see a new Prime Minister take office, we should be ready for some last minute political decisions that appear to be in our best interest, but do not serve us long term. After all, for almost a decade we have been subjected to political decisions that do not support working class citizens but seek to destroy the little autonomy we possess. Selling us to America would be the final nail in the coffin for a country like ours.