Ryan Hemsley is 33 years old and lives in Victoria in British Columbia in western Canada and he is convinced that his homeland would be better under the direction of American.
– Donald Trump gives Canadians the opportunity of life, Ryan Hemsley told The Foreign Office And points out, among other things, that it could mean tax relief.
– I think it will boil down to money in the end. Canadians cannot afford to live anymore, he continues.
Majority against
But Ryan Hemsley is in a minority in his country. According to a survey conducted in January of independence Angus Reid Foundation Ten percent of Canadians are positively attuned to the idea of making Canada part of the United States, while 90 percent oppose it.
“There are still four million people,” says Ryan Hemsley, who believes that figure will rise.
Swedish-Canadian comedian Sinthujha Kumarasamy does not agree with Ryan Hemsley.
– I can understand that people are dissatisfied with the standard of living in Canada, but American workers are affected by the same problems, she says in the Foreign Office.
– Sure, in the United States you pay lower taxes, but in Canada you have access to free healthcare. If Canada were to become part of the United States, it would also mean that we are involved in sharing their government debt and military spending. Is that what the Canadians want?, Says Sinthujha Kumarasamy.
Height level of conflict
Donald Trump’s play on making Canada the 51st state began last fall, when during a dinner in his home in Mar-A-Lago jokingly had told Canada’s then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the country should become part of the United States.
Since then, the plays have hail tight and the answers from the neighbor in the north have not been waiting.
“There is not a” snowball chance in hell “that Canada becomes part of the United States,” said the former Prime Minister Trudeau earlier this year.
After that, the level of conflict between the two neighboring countries has been further increased and developed into a trade war with threats of high tariffs and suspended electricity.
And Trudeau’s successor, Mark Carney, holds the same line as the former prime minister. When he spoke in connection with his being elected, he said:
– In both trade and hockey, Canada will win.
See what Ryan Hemsley thinks would make Canada better in the video above.
See the whole Foreign Office: Fight about Canada on SVT Play.