AT LEAST 1 in 5 Canadian Conservatives Support Becoming 51st State: Angus Reid Poll

[CouchPotato]

1 minute ago, Army Guy said:

Lets not forget littlest hobo, Mr dress up, friendly giant....lots of modern tv Canadian shows...Peaky blinders, monty python flying circus... 

I think the Littlest Hobo was on CTV.

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38 minutes ago, Army Guy said:

Look around, is there one federal department that is not on fire or burning....name one please....this is what left wing values have brought us, Look at the prices of homes, food, cars, all brought to by left wing values, look at our education system, DEI, LGBTQ groups that heavily influence the entire education system, and our entire civil service and civilian jobs...more leftist values....there is not much sky left to fall....

Aside from places where they burn LGBTQ folks at the stake I suppose.  Maybe you'd be happier living there.

Things are pretty much smouldering and burning everywhere on the planet now, where have you been?

[Army Guy]

On 3/27/2025 at 8:06 PM, BeaverFever said:

…With U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to tariff Canada into submission as the “51st state,” 92 per cent of Americans surveyed by the Angus Reid Institute said they had no, or only qualified, support for a merger.

Sixty per cent of 2,005 Americans questioned online between Feb. 27 and March 3, 2025, said they had no interest in Canada joining the United States, while another 32 per cent said they would support the idea only if Canadians wanted it.

Canadians polled at the same time came in exactly as they had in a previous poll conducted in January 2025: of 2,005 surveyed, a solid 90 per cent rejected the idea of Canada joining the U.S., with 10 per cent saying yes.

The findings are considered accurate to within two percentage points either way, 19 times out of 20.

Just six per cent of the Americans polled said the U.S. should annex Canada using political and economic pressure, while two per cent supported the idea of using military force to do the job.

The data also suggests Trump is out of step with his own voters on the issue: 44 per cent of Trump voters said they weren’t interested in Canada joining the United States at all, while another 42 per cent said they would only want Canada to join the U.S. if Canadians wanted to (Democratic voters polled 77/21).

Twelve per cent of Trumpers said they supported applying political and economic pressure to bring Canada in, while two per cent advocated military force.

 

 

The breakdown by Canadian party affiliations showed 21 per cent of Conservative respondents said yes to a merger with the U.S., while 99 per cent of Bloc Quebecois, 98 per cent of Liberal, and 97 per cent of New Democratic Party supporters said no.

The percentage of Conservatives who said they would support a merger rose to 33 per cent when presented with the prospect of a Liberal majority government in Ottawa after the April 28 federal election.

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https://legionmagazine.com/overwhelming-majority-of-americans-oppose-51st-state-talk/

You forgot the same article also including the liberal side of the house 13 % of liberals' say they would support joining the US....

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Abacus Data found Conservative supporters are the most open to exploring the idea (25 per cent), almost twice as likely as Liberal supporters (13 per cent) 

Looks like it is not strictly a conservative idea...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-join-u-s-poll-1.7434317

[Army Guy]

11 minutes ago, eyeball said:

Aside from places where they burn LGBTQ folks at the stake I suppose.  Maybe you'd be happier living there.

Things are pretty much smouldering and burning everywhere on the planet now, where have you been?

Do we burn LGBTQ people here in Canada...not that i'm aware  of...

choking on the smoke....and it's not from wildfires...its from our government departments...

Edited Monday at 11:28 PM by Army Guy

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2 minutes ago, Army Guy said:

choking on the smoke....and it's not from wildfires...its from our government departments...

Put them out then, shut 'em down. Start with DFO. Transfer that to provinces that have, you know, oceans.

Thanks

[Dougie93]

19 hours ago, CouchPotato said:

What if the Americans cease to be rebellious Canadians?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-suggests-us-could-join-british-commonwealth-if-offered-by-king-charles/ar-AA1BsC43

the Commonwealth is not the British Empire,

there is no qualification to be a member of the Commonwealth,

the largest Commonwealth member is the Republic of India,

the Commonwealth is not a political alliance, merely a social club,

the alliance which already binds America, Britain, Canada, Australia & New Zealand,

is called the United Kingdom United States Agreement ( UKUSA )

governing Five Eyes intelligence ( FVEY )

often referred to as the "Special Relationship" and/or the "Anglosphere"

officially enacted on 5 March 1946,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Agreement

Edited Tuesday at 05:53 PM by Dougie93

[I am Groot]

On 3/31/2025 at 6:37 PM, CouchPotato said:

Yeah, I like a lot of shows from overseas. I love Brit series. I actually prefer foreign shows to American. Canada ought to be able to produce better.

I have to give credit where credit is due, though. They did give us The Beachcombers. That was a work of art.

It was a good show. And the last episode aired thirty-four years ago. How sad is it that this was the last program you (or I) liked?

[I am Groot]

On 3/31/2025 at 3:04 PM, herbie said:

You mean by that anyone who doesn't need the support of traitors, fascists, and white supremacists to be relevant.

Dude, you're views aren't relevant to ordinary people at all. And given you and your ilk have been doing nothing but spewing hatred of Canada for years you're hardly one to call anyone a traitor.

[I am Groot]

On 3/31/2025 at 7:04 PM, Army Guy said:

Lets not forget littlest hobo, Mr dress up, friendly giant....lots of modern tv Canadian shows...Peaky blinders, monty python flying circus... 

These are kids shows. Except Peaky Blinders and Monty Python, which are British.

[CouchPotato]

10 minutes ago, I am Groot said:

It was a good show. And the last episode aired thirty-four years ago. How sad is it that this was the last program you (or I) liked?

I was actually being sarcastic, but I suppose I do kind of enjoy it because it's a bit cheesy. Even if Canada always had terrible TV, at least we used to have some shows that were lovably bad. I sort of picture @herbie as Relic.

Edited Wednesday at 09:26 PM by CouchPotato

[I am Groot]

1 minute ago, CouchPotato said:

I was actually being sarcastic, but I suppose I do kind of enjoy it because it's a bit cheesy. Even if Canada always had terrible TV, at least we used to have some shows that were lovably bad. I sort of picture @herbie as Relic.

Well, I was a kid when I was watching Beachcombers. And in those days it passed for decent TV as far as I was concerned. But I can't for the life of me think of anything else I've watched on that network since then aside from the occasional hockey game. And they don't even have that anymore. What in the hell are we paying a billion and a half dollars a year for?
 

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6 minutes ago, I am Groot said:

Well, I was a kid when I was watching Beachcombers.

I was doing it...log salvaging was a blast. Older school way of making a living.

10 minutes ago, I am Groot said:

What in the hell are we paying a billion and a half dollars a year for?

Well, I doubt it cost that much back in the day but listening to the cbc out on the boat at night after a days salvaging was kind of old school too I guess.

[CouchPotato]

17 minutes ago, I am Groot said:

But I can't for the life of me think of anything else I've watched on that network since then aside from the occasional hockey game.

I do miss Bob Cole. He wasn't doing a very good job of calling a game in his last few years, but what a classic voice.

 

[Army Guy]

18 hours ago, I am Groot said:

These are kids shows. Except Peaky Blinders and Monty Python, which are British.

Ya, i was responding to couch about good Canadian shows, beachcombers brought me back to when i was a a lot younger...he also mentioned how he loved brit TV...hence why i mentioned a few british shows...

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Yeah, I like a lot of shows from overseas. I love Brit series. I actually prefer foreign shows to American. Canada ought to be able to produce better.

I have to give credit where credit is due, though. They did give us The Beachcombers. That was a work of art.

 

 

[Legato]

2 minutes ago, Army Guy said:

Ya, i was responding to couch about good Canadian shows, beachcombers brought me back to when i was a a lot younger...he also mentioned how he loved brit TV...hence why i mentioned a few british shows...

 

 

[herbie]

On 3/31/2025 at 4:07 PM, CouchPotato said:

I think the Littlest Hobo was on CTV.

Yeah that's why it's on during Prime Time when they bought out all the DISC channels and shittified them. Or you can see those 20 year old reruns of "Who The F*ck Gives a Shit How It's Made" on the other ones.

We've seen many good Canadian shows over the years, North of 60, Street Legal, DaVinci's Inquest, etc. And tell us how awful The Nature of Things and Marketplace are and how private networks would trip over their own feet to have them. How VInyl Cafe was a waste of air time and how much better it is to pay for hockey & CFL packages than to watch it free OTA.

Ya'd think all these Tory parrots actually own shares in the crap they worship, defend, and promote.

[Dougie93]

5 hours ago, Army Guy said:

Ya, i was responding to couch about good Canadian shows, beachcombers brought me back to when i was a a lot younger..

 

22 hours ago, CouchPotato said:

I do miss Bob Cole.

 

[Zeitgeist]

On 3/31/2025 at 11:57 AM, I am Groot said:

Remind me of how much extra Ontario contributes to the federal fisc than it receives - as compared to Alberta. 

If Alberta were to separate, equalization payments to Quebec would pretty much stop. What happens to separatist sentiments in Quebec then? They're only here for the money, after all.

Canada is partly here because of Quebec.  I’m not sure one can exist without the other.  Sure Alberta kicks in more than it takes out.  So does Ontario.  Either Alberta has Canada’s back or it doesn’t.  Ontario does.  Canada’s challenge has always been regionalism and national unity.  Yet somehow there’s enough holding us together through our shared history and traditions to be of value to the vast majority of Canadians. 

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2 hours ago, Zeitgeist said:

Either Alberta has Canada’s back or it doesn’t.

They've always been kind of Trumpy when it comes to whining about about burden sharing.