Canadian writer fears Canada will become a Vassal of China instead of a Vassal of the USA and wants Canada to merge with the USA

Diane Francis makes the case that the USA and Canada are declining relative to the rest of the world and particularly China. She proposes a simple and obvious solution: What if the United States and Canada merged into one country? The most audacious initiative since the Louisiana Purchase would solve the biggest problems each country expects to face: the U.S.’s national security threats and declining living standards; and Canada’s difficulty controlling and developing its huge landmass, stemming from a lack of capital, workers, technology and military might. Merger of the Century builds both a strong political argument and a compelling business case, treating our two countries not only as sovereign entities but as merging companies.

Scenario where China makes Canada a Vassal

Over decades Chinese companies will buy Canadian banking and drilling firms to secure Canada's oil and natural gas fields. Canada gets muscled out of its Arctic claims by extraction companies with the backing of the Russian government. A network of Chinese ports has secured the sea lines along the Northwest Passage, circumscribing Canadian sovereignty, and Canada's military, enfeebled after years of reliance on the United States, is powerless to resist. Canada effectively lapses into a vassal state, reliant on neocolonial patriarchs in Beijing and Moscow

Diane Francis is a director for Aurizon Mines Ltd., which operates a gold mine in Quebec. She wants to see the United States invest in infrastructure in Canada's far north, which currently lacks the roads, ports and pipelines necessary to make resource extraction possible. "That kind of a Marshall Plan with infrastructure and so on -- that would create millions of jobs, both sides of the border," she says. "The Americans should just roll up their sleeves and get on with it, because they've got the capital and they've got the market for the stuff. At the very least, there's got to be some kind of a joint venture, economically, and I say, 'Let's pick our partners.' "

Nextbigfuture response

1. Canada has already been a semi-Vassal of the US since at least 1959. Canada unofficially transitioned from English control at the end of World War 2.

Here is a history of the military contribution Canada made to US wars and the economic dominance of the US over Canada.

2. Diane Francis is arguing for massive US investment in Canadian infrastructure ? The US has been underinvesting in its own infrastructure. Hundreds of billions are needed to bring roads and bridges in the US up to proper maintenance.



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