Facing this bleak state of affairs, it’s no wonder young Canadians are desperate to leave the country. One told the Daily Mail last month that he’d swim to the United States if that’s what it took.
The United States doesn’t need a 51st state that would immediately become a ward for the rest of us.
When Justin Trudeau announced earlier this month that he would resign as prime minister of Canada, Donald Trump was ready with one of his go-to jokes.
“Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State,” then President-elect Trump posted on social media, echoing his frequent assertion that the United States can and should annex our neighbor to the north. “Justin Trudeau knew this, and resigned.”
“Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!”
As a native-born Canadian who has been proud to call the United States home for many years, I am well-suited to evaluate that claim. And I’m sorry to say that, things being how they are, the United States is better off leaving Canada be.
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Canada’s Healthcare System Has No Place In The United States
Sally C. Pipes
Facing this bleak state of affairs, it’s no wonder young Canadians are desperate to leave the country. One told the Daily Mail last month that he’d swim to the United States if that’s what it took.
The United States doesn’t need a 51st state that would immediately become a ward for the rest of us.
When Justin Trudeau announced earlier this month that he would resign as prime minister of Canada, Donald Trump was ready with one of his go-to jokes.
“Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State,” then President-elect Trump posted on social media, echoing his frequent assertion that the United States can and should annex our neighbor to the north. “Justin Trudeau knew this, and resigned.”
“Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!”
As a native-born Canadian who has been proud to call the United States home for many years, I am well-suited to evaluate that claim. And I’m sorry to say that, things being how they are, the United States is better off leaving Canada be.
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Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.