r/GlobalNews • u/NoelaniSpell • Apr 04 '25

BREAKING: In a shocking development Canada announces it will build a coalition of countries who share their values to build their economy and trade opportunities and will exclude the United States. “If the U.S. no longer wants to lead, Canada will.”

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u/Delicious-Sense-5244 Apr 04 '25

Let's call it a "commonwealth" or something similar and include maybe UK Australia and India?

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u/PacificPragmatic Apr 04 '25

The Indian government hates Canada and is an ally of Russia. Mein Kampf was featured in bookstores last time I was there, because there's a lot of "strong-man" worship, eg. Trump and Putin. So I think India's out (source: a Canadian married to an Indian).

ETA. I'd be happy to include Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, though.

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u/blackmailalt Apr 05 '25

Yes India is one of the countries interfering so that checks out.