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Question: On a rough scale of most internationalist to most nationalist:
#1
Abolish all borders/nations
 
#2
Full integration with Canada (become one country)
 
#3
EU-style supranational partnership
 
#4
Common currency, open borders, fewer restrictions on visas
 
#5
Schengen Area-style agreement (no border controls, easing visa restrictions)
 
#6
Open borders, current visa system
 
#7
Ease visa policies, keep current border policies
 
#8
Status quo, but any official ID can be used in place of passport for travel
 
#9
Status quo
 
#10
Status quo, but with tighter visa policies
 
#11
Status quo, but with tighter border controls
 
#12
Increase border controls and visa restrictions
 
#13
Build a wall, treat Canada like Mexico
 
#14
Complete isolationism, treat Canada like Cuba pre-2015
 
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« Reply #25 on: November 19, 2015, 10:51:16 AM »
« edited: November 19, 2015, 10:53:06 AM by Question everything. Seek truth. Spread hope. »

You can from what I've gathered buy guns just as easily in Canada as in the US, (yeah all sorts of background checks are needed but same in the US.) It's not as easy to get licenses to carry them around as in most US states, but not necessarily worse than in places like New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Maryland.

Didn't Harper's government abolish mandatory registration of all firearms? That's less regulated than many US states.
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« Reply #26 on: November 19, 2015, 10:57:28 AM »

Full integration preferably.  However, only on our terms (our government, flag, etc.)

So is the GOP just like, America from the pre-war Fallout universe now?



In answer to the OP, we should obviously stay with the status quo. But I voted for the "any official ID" option since it would make my life a lot easier.
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« Reply #27 on: November 19, 2015, 12:35:20 PM »

A giant  YOU to anyone who answers one of the first four.

Until the US Canada gets its act together when it comes to gun control (i.e. never hopefully), the borders should not be an open free for all.

Why should Canada's gun laws matter to the US?

The illegal importation of guns into Canada is a problem, and would be worsened with fewer border restrictions. I don't see how our strict gun laws in any way impede the US and would further impede the US with more open borders.

The U.S. should not admit new States unless those new States adopt the bill of rights. Some rights transcend borders, and the U.S. should be suspect of integrating with any countries, especially those  which burden those rights. I'd say the same thing if Canada did not have speech protections or sufficient criminal due process.
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« Reply #28 on: November 19, 2015, 01:55:37 PM »

"Ease visa policies, keep current border policies"
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« Reply #29 on: November 19, 2015, 03:05:56 PM »

Full integration preferably.  However, only on our terms (our government, flag, etc.)

So is the GOP just like, America from the pre-war Fallout universe now?



In answer to the OP, we should obviously stay with the status quo. But I voted for the "any official ID" option since it would make my life a lot easier.

We might need to secure their oil one day!

Canada and the US really aren't all that different, despite what Canadians want to tell themselves.  Especially the Northern US and Canada.
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« Reply #30 on: November 20, 2015, 01:24:52 AM »

I'd certainly support a freeer movement of labour. Don't have to have a Schengen style border, but it certainly wouldn't be a net harm if Canadians and Americans could freely take up residence and work in either country.  It's always irritating to watch people  move to Canada, become graduates of Canadian universities, and then get chased out by Citizenship & Immigration because their employer won't sponsor them. 
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