CANZUK: An EU for Canada? (Australia, New Zealand and the UK)

National Review ^ | 03/13/2018 | By J. J. MCCULLOUGH

[Vaquero]

Aren’t they all part of a commonwealth already?

[Bulwyf]

No, never, no, no, and some more no.

They can have the east maybe, but the west would be far better off to join the USA if they are doing things like this. The west would benefit and the USA would benefit greatly. The only downside is I’m not sure the USA could absorb people that are very right wing and very tenacious heh.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Yes, but until the late 1940s, these nations had defacto shared citizenship and could move freely, then citizenship laws began to be introduced that created seperate citizenships instead of shared ‘British Subject’ status. CANZUK would make freedom of movement within the Dominion States (those which share the Crown) a thing again.

[KC_Lion]

Ping.

[Unam Sanctam]

Wasn’t this called Imperial preference back in the day?

[Army Air Corps]

Interesting.

[Thibodeaux]

I’ve been watching UK, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand TV.
(Acorn Channel)
interestingly , they share the same actors.

[Cronos]

the commonwealth is a talking heads shop. No real trade zone

[aumrl]

Why do we still see articles from national review?
They try to gray black and white issues.
Almost in the same category as b crystals rag(he who voted for a sick crazed hrc)
Don’t subscribe. Let them fail. They are a big part of our problem.

[Cronos]

It isn't going to happen. Australia and to a lesser extent New Zealand see themselves as more part of Asia than anything and the UK provides an increasingly smaller share of their trade

• For Australia the UK trade of 2% is dwarved by China's 29% and even india at 4.4% is larger: each import country’s percentage of total Australian exports.
  1. China: US$68 billion (29.6% of total Australian exports)
  2. Japan: $23.6 billion (10.3%)
  3. South Korea: $12.5 billion (5.5%)
  4. India: $10.2 billion (4.4%)
  5. Hong Kong: $9.1 billion (4%)
  6. United States: $8.6 billion (3.8%)
  7. New Zealand: $6.9 billion (3%)
  8. Taiwan: $6.2 billion (2.7%)
  9. Indonesia: $4.9 billion (2.1%)
  10. United Kingdom: $4.6 billion (2%)
  11. Singapore: $3.6 billion (1.6%)
  12. Vietnam: $3.5 billion (1.5%)
  13. Malaysia: $3.5 billion (1.5%)
  14. Thailand: $3.1 billion (1.3%)
  15. Netherlands: $1.8 billion (0.8%)
  
  
• As for New Zealand it ranks higher but still swarved by China

[Tennessee Nana]

They already have this.,..

It’s called the British Commonwealth...

BTW I was born in NZ but I was born British..

I have a NZ birth certificate but I could have had a British passport rather than a NZ one...

The first time I went to England years ago with my NZ passport, I was welcomed as though I belonged...

Even now with my American passport which lists my NZ birth, I have no hold ups at customs etc...

2 years ago in Scotland, I was just waved on through :)

Young people in NZ and Aussie go back and forth no need for a passport, and they work in the other country...just like going to another state...

I remember I could also live and work in Canada if I had wanted to..

This sounds like ignoramus commie Justin Trudeau...

Plus theres always the fact that England just escaped from one EU but the internal enemies want to put them back under external control...

Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves
England never ever ever will be slaves

[Tennessee Nana]

That shared citizenship thingy...that effected me...

I was born British in Dec 1948 but in Jan 1949 I was registered as a NZ citizen so my BC is NZ but I could have gotten a Brit passport because of WHEN I was born...

Like Obamas British/Kenyan father...

[Tennessee Nana]

Thanks for the loverly PINGy thingy

:)

[Sam Gamgee]

The commonwealth really doesn’t mean anything anymore these days. The nations in question do have a Commonwealth Games every so often. But that is about it. We share much culturally and politically of course, but there is not formalized commonwealth anymore.

[Sam Gamgee]

Canadians don’t realize how fortunate they are to have this huge market so close. The prices of basics in NZ and Australia is staggering. Canada benefits from its closeness to American, and Mexican markets.

Diversification is fine and good for many reasons, but we should really work on good and fair relationship with the US, or we risk biting the hand that feeds.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Why do we still see articles from national review?

Exactly what do you find wrong with them?

[aumrl]

Ahh
How much time do you have?
Do you think Bill Buckley would subscribe to nr?
It is full of nevertrumpers
a few good articles do appear
but the NYtimes is occasionally accurate too.
I am a Nationalist; that is I love my country and believe it should remain an independent State. Not part of a ‘new world order’
do you believe ‘national’ review adheres to that philosophy?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: It is full of nevertrumpers
a few good articles do appear
but the NYtimes is occasionally accurate too.

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I am not sure if Bill Buckley would have supported Trump in the primaries. He would certainly support Trump over Hillary as he is known to advise supporting the most conservative, winnable candidate in an election.

Having said that, why would Buckley not subscribe to the NR?

This is a publication that ALLOWS and DOES NOT CENSOR opposing views. Three of those who contribute to its pages are writers who strongly defend Trump against this “Russian Collusion” nonsense -— Andrew McCarthy, Mark Levin and Victor Davis Hansen.

And Note — Mark Levin OPPOSES Trump on the issue of Tariffs but strongly supports him on THE WALL and the sinister Russian Collusion meme.

Sure NR has Trump critics who write for them (Jonah Goldberg being one of them ). But why should that bother me? I do not cultivate an attitude that says “Trump, Right or wrong”. Trump is not God or the Messiah and he is prone to mistakes. We need supportive critics like NR to keep him on his toes.

RE: “New World Order”

NR is NOT a uniform publication. It is conservative leaning but not every conservative agrees on any one issue. That is what I like about this magazine. We need to read opposing views to learn and see if our own views are correct or need to be modified.

[aumrl]

I find your response unsatisfactory.
You don’t answer; are you a globalist or a nationalist?
You assume(?) ‘we’ need supportive critics to keep ‘him’ on his toes.... I was taught praise is a valuable tool; as opposed to criticism. Don’t you think the President has enough critics?
Believe me I know Trump is not God or the Messiah. There is only one God and Messiah.
The entrenched political class have made enough’mistakes’to get the country close to the brink of no return. I will take my chances with a successful business man.