Brexit solutions

Re: Speaker moves to block Brexit deal, March 19

A second referendum on the same question can be disappointing thing — as Que- bec learned. Britain needs to have a second referendum, but not on Brexit; that question has already been asked and answered.

The second referendum should be on the question: “Should the United Kingdom join the Dominion of Canada?”

Britain needs a free-trade deal with the EU; Canada has one. Britain needs a free-trade deal with the U.S.; Canada has one. Britain needs a free-trade deal with China and the other Pacific Rim nations; Canada has one. The argument seems clear.

The Queen of Canada and the United Kingdom could retain all her residences in the U.K. and we could offer her Rideau Hall and all the residences of the provincial lieutenant-governors; all of which would be empty because their occupants would be dismiss as surplus to requirements saving us the cost of their salaries and expense accounts.

England, Wales and Northern Ireland become independent Canadian provinces with their elected houses becoming provincial legislatures.

Scotland becomes part of Quebec; this keeps all the separatist tendencies in one region and makes Quebec an oil-producing province when they gain the North Sea oilfields.

The Bank of England would be subsumed into the Bank of Canada, no big change since it’s already run by a Canadian.

All-in-all, a small price for them to pay in order to gain political independence from Europe while expanding their trading opportunities throughout the world. So, Britain should say yes to a second referendum, they must just make sure their politicians ask the right question this time. Richard Moller, Kingston, Ont.