I have lived in the periphery of Canada, for almost all my life. Niagara Falls, is key to the Western New York environment. Toronto radio and television stations, came down to Chautauqua County.
Cleveland, in the 1980s, used to mirthfully refer to itself as the "North Coast." And of course, there was the 50,000-watt blowtorch - CKLW, Windsor, which overshadowed most American radio stations doing Top-40 rock/pop music.
Canada, was always basically America, extended. I've spend countless weekends in Toronto. I'd been to Windsor and Sault Ste Marie, numerous times.
And I've watched its slow morphing into a police state.
First came the gun bans of the 1980s. I didn't even really register that - I was not a "gun man" in those years; I was a benighted liberal, and thought gun control was a good idea.
Then came the bans of ag products. I crossed into Canada at Blaine, 1990. I had just bought about eight beautiful Golden Delicious apples. The (obviously-Asian, and female) border Customs officer confiscated them all. AND, I had to spend twenty minutes proving I knew how far was Alaska (my destination) and how could I pay for the gas, and Canadian taxes on gas.
THEN, in the mid-'00s, I got banned from entry. Computers identified me as a PC Criminal - for a minor alcohol-related driving offense in New York, late 1970s. "Driving With Ability Impaired" - .06 BAC, which would have been legal in 49 states and all of Canada at the time.
THEN, The Turd-Dew Era. Where speech became criminal; where immigrants became super-citizens, and where housing became unaffordable. Where oil and timber became somehow criminal activities. Where the whole of Canadian political thought went mad.
It's not getting better. This Carney guy is not even a Canadian, at least not in loyalty. He's a WEF tool, and a New York Central Banker. He had involvement in the ECB, if I recall correctly. He has to move TO Ottawa to take his position.
And he's more Woked-up than Turd Dew.
This is it for Canada.