(06-27-2018 04:01 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(06-27-2018 03:33 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I still think a split is possible. Alberta basically hates eastern Canada for what it sees as stealing money to support everything from Ontario east. They have the right to split under Canadian law. Peter Zeihan thinks they are likely to leave. I could see them leaving, and that could be the trigger. I could see that leading to a situation where
1) US flyover country and Alaska would align with the Canadian prairie provinces, Yukon, and NWT.
2) Ontario, Nunavut, and the Maritimes would align with the US northeast and Great Lakes stated.
3) The US west coast and Hawaii would align with BC, and possibly unite with the left coast in a divided nation.
4) Quebec would do whatever Quebec does.
I happen to think that the resulting 2, 3, or 4 nations would each be more compatible internally than was we have now. Each would go its own way, and I frankly think each would be a better place to live than the kind of extremely divided US that we may be facing.

I could see the Canadian provinces wanting to be part of their own standalone countries before joining up with any US states. The big issue would be healthcare. With no guarantee of universal healthcare or their worker's rights demands, I can't see them joining.

The healthcare and workers' rights are both mainly provincial. They wouldn't have to give up either. The prairie provinces without direct access to the sea (except Manitoba through Churchill in summer) would be vulnerable economically. Alberta is probably the only one that could stand alone. And they really have better transportation connections south through the states than either east or west through Canada.