NORAD effectively does that as is. It is a bi-national agreement for the defense of North America. In the case of a war scenario, all commands including the CAF are subordinate to NORTHCOM with regards to homeland defense. With a lot of the security frameworks we have like 5 Eyes, we are very beholden to how America does things security wise and militarily.
It depends on if Canada deems something a threat or not.
The CCP is literally influencing our politicians and weve had numerous scandals where they outright bribe them. Unironically, I trust the Americans to defend Canada more than our own politicians at this point.
Whats to happen when someone starts cruising boats around artic waters and some Canadian politician deems its not a threat or to stand down?
It's still a bitch for middle class Canadians to get jobs in the states unless you are a female nurse living in Windsor and working in the Detroit Metro area. Or Niagara and Buffalo.
Near impossible, with H1Bs going to India mostly, that path is drying up frankly.
Like I get the whole Canadian nationalism thing, but this is basically a failed state we are talking about. Whatever your argument is:
We've been through this in the thread. Our politicians are bought out by foreign nationals already. Our natural resources are being bought out by China. Our cities are being flooded with Indians. Our national identity is being erased by liberals who talk about being post-national and how racist we used to be (until its time for American expansionism, then suddenly its nationalist talk to get all the white people to fight for Canada, apparently?), we're ruled by the same five oligarchic families, euthanasia is the 12th leading cause of death here, drugs are legalized and everyones dying of them now, middle class people are going poor now and even homeless while we're spending hundreds of millions on random LGBT stuff in Europe (seriously, remember that report from a few weeks back?).
Even the arguments of 'well at least we have healthcare' don't carry water anymore. Our healthcare is shit, you have to wait a year + for a cancer screening, and at the end of it a doctor is going to tell you to either wait some more or just kill yourself, unironically.
Whatever the argument is, there honestly isn't one against an EU like situation with the US. There's only really benefits for Canadians.
Unless youre a liberal, unless youre some woketard, unless youre a native wanting gibs from the government, or unless youre Loblaws.
I'm not dying with the reddit atheists who were cheering on gun grabs a few weeks ago, who cheered on Trudeau when he used a war act to clamp down on peaceful protestors a la truckers. Im not dying for Sobeys or Loblaws so they can continue their monopoly.
Theres pride to be had in Canada and Canadiana, but you have to remember- its the culture, its the land, and its the heritage.
I'm not one as recalcitrant as Trudeau to define it on CNN (American media) as "not American". I'm proud of my heritage, proud of the way my ancestors lived literally off the land. I take pride in seeing the land they tamed every time I'm in the shield. I love the folklore, tall tales, people with family names who go back generations. Gazing out at the lakes for shipwrecks lost. To be Canadian is to be cautious, to be courteous (until pushed) and to have some sense of entrepreneurship and toughness amid a literal rugged frozen tundra and boreal forest of a land among other things.
If joining a north american union can take that away, what say you to the opposite? How strong is it when you have 8 million Indians pounding at your door at the behest of
every single party, keeping your wages low, eroding your culture, actually threatening your sense of safety- while people cheer it on.
If America comes knocking with solutions, I've got a lot more in common with them, and much more of my own national interest survives with the USA. If siding with the US keeps China from buying our natural resources, mass immigration from our border, and can revitalize our economy, I'm in.
