Jason Stanley: Canada is a free democracy, one that embraces diversity and tolerance. America is not your friend.

The U.S. has been veering toward fascism for some time. That is why my family and I decided to leave for Canada last March: Canada is a diverse and healthy democracy. Yet in my short time here, I have observed an alarming level of naïveté about what is happening south of the border.

It seems many Canadians have simply not adjusted to the fact that they live next to a fascist state whose president has imperial designs on Canada.

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Canadians need to prepare for the possibility the US uses military force to annex all or parts of Canada

Globe & Mail:

… A plausible scenario for US application of military force against Canada to seize our oil resources goes something like this. An independence referendum in Alberta – during which separatists receive a huge infusion of grey MAGA money – sees a majority vote to remain part of Canada, but with 30 per cent or more voting for separation. Mr. Trump declares the result is “fake” and that actual support for separation was “well over” 50 per cent. Alberta separatists then appeal to the US for help, claiming various kinds of oppression. The US moves troops to the northern Montana border and tells the rest of Canada that Alberta must be allowed to join America as the “51st state.”

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