From: Percy W <x@y.com>
Newsgroups: ab.politics,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,talk.politics.guns,sac.politics,uk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: The king "loves" Canada. Many Albertans want out
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 23:15:19 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
merle wrote:
>"The true north is indeed strong and free." If King Charles's remarks on
>Canada's sovereignty sounded familiar, that is because officials in Mark
>Carney's new government wrote them. On May 27th the king delivered the
>throne speech in his capacity as head of state, opening parliament.
>Usually the job of Canada's governor-general, the last monarch to do
>this job was his mother, Queen Elizabeth, in 1977. The king was drafted
>in to rally Canadians to Mark Carney's banner (Mr Carney's brother runs
>the household of Prince William, the king's son and heir), as Canada's
>new prime minister settles into his standoff with the pugnacious
>president of the United States, Donald Trump.
>
>https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/05/28/the-king-loves-canada-m
>any-albertans-want-out
>
>
Those who want out can't agree on where to end up and number in the
thousands. Maybe they want to join the UK, or maybe they'll end up like
Puerto Rico and Guam, being raped for their resources by the USA with no
right to vote. At least they'll have no affordable health care and lots and
lots of guns so they can US-style crime rates quick!