Canada and Australia Merging

DaisyDay said:

Why not?

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From here: https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/canada/canada-country-brief

'During then-Foreign Minister Bishop's visit to Canada in July 2015, she signed with her Canadian counterpart Foreign Minister Nicholson the Glasgow-Burchell Declaration on diplomatic cooperation, with both Ministers characterising the Declaration as symbolic of the closeness of our relationship. The agreement establishes a formal framework for cooperation and identifies areas in which Australia and Canada might collaborate and cooperate more closely.

Australia and Canada recognised shared values underpinning the bilateral relationship during the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to Australia in March 2026. The Australia-Canada Joint Statement announced the further strengthening of cooperation on investment, economic security and critical minerals, defence, and links between our institutions and communities.'

We're already pretty tight. And both part of the Commonwealth of Nations.

All this regional integration of nations lately seems like a sign of birth pangs for the coming global order. This is where America First as a movement is failing. Why? because it is scuttling our own influence as others are teaming up, leaving America out. To last longer in the end times as a leader, you better bring more nations together, not apart. Trump senses this with Greenland, Canada etc, but you cant win with force in this era. Instead of bullying them you need to enamor them and allow for more self rule and flexibility.

All this tells me is that Canada and Australia share similar political and social values. We're both descendants of the British Westminster system of parliament, but with some cultural differences.

Modern Australia started as a convict settlement and Canada has a French influence which we don't.

Two of our inlaws did a trip to Canda a few years ago. They made the comment that Australians and Canadians are similar in social outlook and culture.

But to talk of Canada and Australia possibly merging is way over the top. We're next to South East Asia, and Canada is due north of the good ole USA.

I don't know what Canada's ultimate fate will be, but I'm echoing my old pastor here. I think we (white Anglo Saxons / Europeans) were put here in a "caretaker" role, between the indigenous tribal system and whatever is coming next (for myself I think it will be involve a Japanese inheritance but that's just my opinion).

There is no way the indigenous people could have kept out all possible invaders, regardless of where they came from.

We've got China to the north with 1.4 billion people, India to the northwest with about the same, Indonesia our nearest neighbour with about 285 million people and Moslem to boot, Phillippines with about 112 million people while we have 28 million people on 8 milion square kilometres or 3.5 people per square kilometre.

Canada has about 40 million people with a slightly higher density of 4 people / km2. Both nations have considerable resources.

Nothing is surer than that Australia at least will be put to the test in an increasingly unstable world, and possibly Canada also.

Nether of us would be in a position to do much to assist the other. As far as I'm concerned these statements of joint cooperation are little more than window dressing when it comes to realpolitik.

What? Sorry, I am having a hard time believing something like this. If it happens I will be stunned.

Unfortunately we both have weak, inept politicians.

I think the two countries are incompatible. I have long thought that Canada combines the strengths of both the United Kingdom and the United States of America, whereas Australia combines the weaknesses of both.

(Apologies to my many Australian friends, both on the forum and in the real world, but some opportunities are too good to miss.)

Ophiolite said:

I think the two countries are incompatible. I have long thought that Canada combines the strengths of both the United Kingdom and the United States of America, whereas Australia combines the weaknesses of both.

(Apologies to my many Australian friends, both on the forum and in the real world, but some opportunities are too good to miss.)

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You're good. We are resource rich, but we ship our raw materials abroad and then buy back the finished products instead of producing them here and then selling abroad. Utterly bonkers.