While appearing on Fox Business, the Shark Tank star spoke about the state of the Canadian economy and recent remarks by President-elect Donald Trump, who said that some Canadians want their country to become the 51st U.S. state.
“What this could be is the beginning of an economic union,” O’Leary said. “Think about the power of combining two economies, erasing the border between Canada and the United States and putting all that resource up to the northern borders where China and Russia are knocking on the doors. Give a common currency, figure out taxes across the board, get everything trading both ways.”
https://www.newsweek.com/us-canada-economies-kevin-oleary-donald-trump-tariff-threats-2006568
There's 41 million Canadians sitting on the world's largest amounts of all resources, including the most important, energy and water. Canadians over the holidays have been talking about this. They want to hear more. What this could be is the beginning of an economic union. Think… pic.twitter.com/yp5PuLgxZJ
— Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful (@kevinolearytv) December 26, 2024