From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com   
      
   On 09/05/2025 11:08, T wrote:   
   > On 9/5/25 6:45 AM, badgolferman wrote:   
   >> On 09/05/2025 09:29, T wrote:   
   >>> Hi Claire,   
   >>>   
   >>> One can not believe most of what appears on you tube, so   
   >>> I thought I'd as a Canadian directly.   
   >>>   
   >>> Is it true that four of your western providence are going   
   >>> to vote on referendums to "succeed from the federation"?   
   >>>   
   >>> Is so, if the vote passes will it be automatic?   
   >>> Will Ottawa send in troops?  Will there be blood shed?   
   >>> Or will the vote just be ignored and thing go on as   
   >>> usual?   
   >>>   
   >>> -T   
   >>>   
   >>> Kind of sad to see you guys breaking up.   
   >>   
   >> I'm not Canadian but there's no way Ottawa will allow the western   
   >> provinces to secede.  If they did then Quebec would be next because   
   >> they've been wanting to do that for ages.  It's much like Texas   
   >> threatening to secede every few years.  Sometimes even California.  The   
   >> federal government wouldn't allow half their economy to just walk away.   
   >>   
   >> I'm sure the US would welcome the western provinces of Canada as the   
   >> 51st state though...   
   >   
   > If the provinces did succeed, they could set up a free   
   > trade zone with the US.  It would be a tremendous boom   
   > for them.   
   >   
   >   
      
   *secede*, not "succeed".   
      
   Those two words have very different meanings.   
      
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