In case you haven't heard, Wexit is a thing: there's an intense discussion going on about the secession of Canada's western provinces,* who feel mistreated by Ottawa (Canada's capital), and who are looking to have several referenda about either leaving and joining the US (I still think this is unlikely) or starting their own country. Will it happen? Quebec has tried twice; seeing what's happening now, it might be inspired to try one more time.
The video below breaks down a lot of the issues, including the resistance of the First Nations (Canada's version of "Native Americans") to any sort of breakup—not because these folks have some special allegiance to the British king or to Canada's current political structure, but because they see Canada's land as their own, and any attempt to re-craft deals like domestic or international pipelines, etc. would violate the First Nations' sovereignty. I think the First Nations issue needs to be settled, one way or the other, before other negotiations go forward. The First Nations challenge is, at heart, a challenge to the authority of Ottawa itself. Who has a final say on the disposition of land? This is, I think, what happens when a nation adopts a kind of mindless pluralism and allows that pluralism's flaws to grow and fester. Just look at the United States. Or look at what's happening in the UK.
(I see the video I'd embedded has been "made private," so I'm embedding a few Wexit vids below it. They'll likely end up removed or made private, too.)
Ignore clickbaity words like "bombshell" and just watch. Wexit hasn't happened yet, and it may never happen. But there does seem to be a lot of movement on the ground.
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*This started with Alberta, which is Canada's center for energy production, but it's sucked in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and now even British Columbia. I'm sure no one will admit this, but I suspect that Trump's being president is why these provinces feel permitted to get loud about Wexit all of a sudden. You could, of course, look at the recent Canadian election that denied Pierre Poilievre and installed the empty suit Mark Carney as prime minister if you're desperate for a non-Trump-related reason for the current ructions. But Carney is merely a continuation of Justin Trudeau's ("Castreau's") regime, so it's not as though much changed when Carney was elected. It could be, though, that Canadians who feel disenfranchised have finally had enough; maybe Carney really was the last straw for these folks.
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