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In reply to the discussion: Warning! USA invading Canada and other countries. be aware if you are an US person living abroad. [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,956 posts)"Canada is a resident based taxation country."
And therein lies a problem that is going to be bigger than just North America itself. In the old days, people would assume that if youlived somewhere, that is where you were an offical resident of. Yes, Karl Marx was a German, but he lived for many years in London. However, the rich, be they American, Canadian, or even Chinese rich do nto play by the same rules anymore. The rich are beign allowed to make self sustaining empires where they know they can buy the local police off, and run the rest. As I said, Canada is ripe for this, as the Caymans are just another jewel in the Queen's crown, so it is enitrely possible for any rich creep, and I do mean ANY rich creep, to spend a weekend in London, make their money in the US and Canada, raping both sides of the border, and keep sitting pretty with their Cayman bank account.
You can brag about Nafta, although do realize, the same people that won that round lost when Harper was allowed to stay, and if that Keystone pipeline goes through, they will buy many many voices.
That beign said, I look forward to the day when the UN settles trade trwaties, although it will have to be a less courrupt UN than we have now.