Conrad Black: A Return to Prosperity Would Foster Unity in Canada

Canadian and American flags fly near Ambassador Bridge at the Canada-U.S. border crossing in Windsor, Ont., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Rob Gurdebeke

Commentary

It is illustrative of the decline in Canada’s credibility as a durable and successful country that the essay section of the influential American political media aggregator RealClearPolitics recently ran a column by John Dominguez, an investment banker in Virginia, laying out a strategy for the American absorption of Canada. His opening gambit reads: ”While Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shops his country to China and Qatar, Americans should revisit an idea the Founding Fathers first proposed: welcoming Canada into the Union.”