Join Canada!

O People of Greenland! Denmark! Canada! Please hear me out. Listen to this proposal. For this is what to do: Canada, invite Greenland to join Canada as an equal province within its Dominion. Denmark, allow Greenland to depart your Kingdom with your Blessings. Greenland, go join Canada. That would really flummox the Americans! Greenland would maintain similar benefits of Denmark’s social democracy within Canada as the Maple Leaf Country is also a form of social democracy. Greenland would thus stay in NATO as part of Canada, Denmark would stay in the European Union, Canada would gain access to an old land rich with resources, and the USA would grumble and fuss. Canada, offer the Americans a few mineral rights and a couple of more military bases, remind them they won’t have to pay for nearly 60,000 people to maintain the same social democracy benefits the USA denies its own people, and be ready to defend all of Canada against a violent American tantrum. Ultimately, to be clear, for Greenland to join Canada must be the free choices of the people of Greenland and the people of Canada, especially the Indigenous populations of both lands.  Continue reading →