Canada losing population to US
Wall Street Journal: Why Smart Canadians Are Fleeing for the U.S . It started with Justin Trudeau's father, Pierre, who destroyed accountability in Ottawa. Then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to President Trump’s suggestion that the threat of tariffs might prompt Canada to spend more on defense and border protection with a dire prediction, according to Marco Rubio. “Canada cannot then survive as a nation state,” the secretary of state quoted Mr. Trudeau as saying. Mr. Trump then quipped that Canada might be better off as the 51st state. It was Mr. Trudeau’s flippant, pathetic comment that made a mockery out of Canada, not Mr. Trump’s response to it. Canada is the second-largest country in the world by land mass, endowed with vast natural wealth. With a smaller population of 40 million compared with its southern neighbor’s roughly 340 million people, Canada contributed handily to the Allies’ victory in World War II. And Mr. Trudeau thought a tariff renegotiation could be ...