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What would happen if Canada Became the 51st State? President Trump has insisted Canada cease to be an independent country and join the US, not even ruling out invasion. This video explores the problems with Canadian statehood.
Note: this is a serious topic in a serious political climate. There are some lighthearted moments in the beginning of this piece (for example, the section on Canadian annexation being an existential threat to the Republican Party). However, as the piece goes on, the issues become more serious. Towards the end, I describe the idea of the US taking Canada as a ‘moral failure’, and I mean that.
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2. Britannica. United States: Facts & Stats
3. Statistics Canada. Population estimates, quarterly March 2025
4. World Population Review. Countries by Population Density 2025
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18. Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada. “Position Paper #50 Abortion…”
19. NPR. Keith. March 2025. “Gold, statues and a Declaration…”
20. “The Historiography of the Front de Liberation…” Pinkoski. U. of Alberta. 2012
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24. CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982 Part II Art 35 1-4
25. Government of Canada. “Implementing the United Nations Declaration…”
0:00-00:34 Intro
00:35-4:24 Total Dem Victory
4:25-9:15 Separatists & Sovereignty
9:16-15:15 Nuclear North
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What would happen if Canada Became the 51st State? President Trump has insisted Canada cease to be an independent country and join the US, not even ruling out invasion. This video explores the problems with Canadian statehood.
Note: this is a serious topic in a serious political climate. There are some lighthearted moments in the beginning of this piece (for example, the section on Canadian annexation being an existential threat to the Republican Party). However, as the piece goes on, the issues become more serious. Towards the end, I describe the idea of the US taking Canada as a ‘moral failure’, and I mean that.
★ Access exclusive original content and support your favorite creators. nebula.tv/exploringhistory
★Support on Patreon: patreon.com/williamcfox
Social Media ▼
Twitter➜ @williamcfox
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★ NOTE ON SOURCING IN CAPTIONS:
At the end of a sentence with sourcing, something like this will appear:
"The sky is blue. The ocean is blue (17,89)."
The 1st number represents the source number in this description. The 2nd number represents the page number. If the numbers are separated by a semicolon ie (2;3), the numbers represent two different sources.
1. US Census Bureau
2. Britannica. United States: Facts & Stats
3. Statistics Canada. Population estimates, quarterly March 2025
4. World Population Review. Countries by Population Density 2025
5. Arctic Review. Territorial Disputes. Accessed March 2025.
6. National Ocean Economics Program. “Arctic Natural Resources” Accessed March 2025.
7. ArcticPortal.org 2024. “Natural Resources”
8. Geographical. August 2022. “Arctic nations are squaring…” Rowe.
9. Geopolitical Implications of New Arctic Shipping Lanes. March 2021. Arctic Institute
10. EIA dot gov. January 20, 2012 ”Arctic oil and natural gas resources”
11. RAND. Dec 29, 2022. “What Does China's Arctic Presence…”
12. US Defense Department (DOD News). Dec 2024. Garamone. “China Increasing…”
13. “Does Donald Trump really want…” March 2025 The Economist
14. UN. Submission of Russian…Executive Summary” 2015
15. Baldacchino, O'Grady, Anthony. "Prince Edward Island". Britannica, 21 Mar. 2025
16. Newfoundland and Labrador. Wikipedia.
17. Canadian Parliament. “Monarch and Governor General”
18. Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada. “Position Paper #50 Abortion…”
19. NPR. Keith. March 2025. “Gold, statues and a Declaration…”
20. “The Historiography of the Front de Liberation…” Pinkoski. U. of Alberta. 2012
21. Wilson. 2009,2021. Loyalists in Canada. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
22. Trooper, Ma, Lambert. 2013,2024. Immigration to Canada. Canadian Encyclopedia.
23. Government of Canada. First Nations. Accessed March 2025.
24. CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982 Part II Art 35 1-4
25. Government of Canada. “Implementing the United Nations Declaration…”
0:00-00:34 Intro
00:35-4:24 Total Dem Victory
4:25-9:15 Separatists & Sovereignty
9:16-15:15 Nuclear North
Mapping software licensed through MapTiler,and GEOlayers. Thanks to OpenStreetMap and Natural Earth.
Music by Epidemic Sound: nebula.tv/epidemic
Stock video and imagery provided by Getty Images.
![What Youre Getting Wrong About Brexit, Explained [ft. Name Explain]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uDtopyqB7aM/mqdefault.jpg "What Youre Getting Wrong About Brexit, Explained [ft. Name Explain]
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The news of Brexit produced a rush of analysis, animations, explanations, reactions etc. But theres a few things the media isnt telling you; rather, things they arent telling you correctly. For this reason, I made this short Brexit cartoon/animation.
When the UK referendum to leave the EU was supported by 52% of the voters, the media was in shock. As of the making of this video, it is still unclear as to how/when new Prime Minister Theresa May will handle the Brexit. From my reading, it seems clear that she has the mandate to procede with Brexit, with or without the Parliament. Royal Prerogative is laughed at by many legal experts, but in this example, the Parliament has abdicated decision making upon the populace. That populace turned out at a rate of 72%. The PM is now under the pressure of precedent back home, democracy, and ironically, EU law. Until the UK is completely extricated from the EU, the European Communities Act of 1972 is still active and presumably supercedent over UK law.
This video explains Brexit by digging a bit into Article 50. Ive left some links below to some of the resources I used in researching this cartoon of Brexit.
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http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/07/26/romantic-breakup-similar-to-overcoming-addiction/16019.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-anger-bregret-leave-voters-protest-vote-thought-uk-stay-in-eu-remain-win-a7102516.html
http://people.howstuffworks.com/breakup.htm
http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/163190
http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201310/opioid-social?tidrss=research
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/15/6270.full
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/british-politics/a-history-of-the-european-union-and-great-britain/
http://www.euronews.com/2016/06/24/merkel-and-hollande-deeply-regret-britain-s-vote-to-leave-the-eu/
http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/06/07/euroskepticism-beyond-brexit/
http://verfassungsblog.de/brexit-and-art-50-the-key-lies-in-luxembourg/
http://www.lisbon-treaty.org/wcm/the-lisbon-treaty/treaty-on-European-union-and-comments/title-6-final-provisions/137-article-50.html
http://verfassungsblog.de/brexit-article-50-duff/
Photo credits:
CJEU By Cédric Puisney from Brussels, Belgium - European Court of Justice - Luxembourg, CC BY 2.0
PM May By UK Home Office - CC BY 2.0,
PM May 2 By Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Ukraine Forum on Asset Recovery, CC BY 2.0,
EU Map By Furfur - This file was derived from EU Single Market.svg:, CC BY-SA 4.0,
UK Referendum Map CC BY-SA 3.0,
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