They do need the people to do the labour to get the stuff from the land. That’s traditionally been part of the neocolonial formula after WWII. 😄 So we’ll stay, but work for a pittance with no welfare state or universal healthcare. We’ll pay taxes but get no vote.
" Controlled or administered by the United States but whose residents don’t have voting representation in federal elections, the clearest examples are U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Residents of these territories generally cannot vote for president in the general election while living in the territory, and they have non-voting delegates (or a resident commissioner in Puerto Rico) in the U.S. House rather than voting members." This is why Carney turned down the U.S agreement. THIS is why Carney is standing up to the Cheetoh.
I worry nobody realizes he doesn’t mean they don’t need “Canada”, the physical land.
He means they don’t need “Canada”, the country/government/people currently claiming hold to that land.
They do need the people to do the labour to get the stuff from the land. That’s traditionally been part of the neocolonial formula after WWII. 😄 So we’ll stay, but work for a pittance with no welfare state or universal healthcare. We’ll pay taxes but get no vote.
" Controlled or administered by the United States but whose residents don’t have voting representation in federal elections, the clearest examples are U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Residents of these territories generally cannot vote for president in the general election while living in the territory, and they have non-voting delegates (or a resident commissioner in Puerto Rico) in the U.S. House rather than voting members." This is why Carney turned down the U.S agreement. THIS is why Carney is standing up to the Cheetoh.