WARMINGTON: 'We are already the 51st state,' says Trudeau's half-brother
Kyle Kemper predicts Pierre Poilievre will win next election with ease
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Canada potentially becoming America’s 51st state has become a much-talked-about sore spot Donald Trump has enjoyed rubbing Justin Trudeau’s nose in.
Not so fast, says the prime minister’s half-brother who suggests a 60-state setup might make sense.
While Trump has called Trudeau “governor,” the Canadian leader’s kin has not outright rejected the concept or hypothetical conversations about it,.
Kyle Kemper added his own thoughts on the matter.
“Canada as a single state doesn’t make sense … as 10 however …” Kyle Kemper posted to X.
Maybe 13 states if you include the territories.
Whatever way you count it, if you bring Canada into the United States with its provinces becoming states, that would effectively put Trudeau or any prime minister out of a job.
Over the phone from Florida, I learned Kemper believes his half-brother will no longer be prime minister after the next election, expected to take place in 2025.
“By the time Pierre (Poilievre) comes into office, and I think he’s not just going to win, but he’s going to win by an unbelievable mandate the likes of which has never been seen by a Conservative government” the Trump agenda will be in full swing and help kick start “the mess Pierre is inheriting,” said Kemper, whose mother is Margaret Trudeau.
Added Kemper: “There is a moment in time now to rethink a lot of the systems. We are going to be seeing major system updates in America and Canada has the benefit” of seeing how that goes.
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Originally working on the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. independent presidential campaign and then shifting over to support Trump, Kemper believes Trump, Kash Patel, Elon Musk, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy and others are in a position to change America for the better — from economics to health.
And he believes Canada is on the precipice of this as well if it moves on from the Trudeau regime.
Trudeau’s younger brother believes Poilievre will have “an opportunity to rethink, discuss, deliberate and begin transformation and identify the corporate capture of the regulatory agencies and fix it, fix the tax code and fix all of it.”
Kemper sees Canadians leaving Canada because of overwhelming government authority, control and “taxation” that eats away at “85% of what people” earn.
The overall floating of Canada joining the United States has been an in-jest punchline shared by news outlets and on social media ever since America’s incoming president made the quip at Mar-a-Lago to Trudeau that with a $100-billion annual trade deficit, Canada should consider becoming a state.
Where Trudeau’s half-brother got into this debate was in response to a poll posted by comedian Russell Brand on social-media site X. Brand asked the question “Canadians — Do you want to be America’s 51st state?”
The results were surprising. On the notion of Canada becoming part of America, the number was 64.9% in favour and 35.1% against.
Kemper was not surprised.
“We are already the 51st state,” he said, adding the special relationship effectively already connects the two on many levels from business, trade and security.
While in the past, he was against any such notion of connecting the two with the same dollar or political system, he said things are so broken in Canada, it’s not something he dismisses anymore.
On any new configuration going forward, “Canadians would have to be the ones to decide,” but “it’s worth having a thorough discussion on how we can create an outcome that really works for Canada and America,” he said.
Whether Canada, officially or unofficially, aligns closer with Trump’s America, Kemper believes, “we absolutely must update our system to work with America to make a more beneficial relationship for all of us.”
No matter what state or province you are from.
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