Imagine the national hockey team we'd have.
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This is the Canadian plan to get their national goaltenders back on track
They can have the goaltenders if they also take their ted cruz back and keep him there. I feel like Canada did a drive-by trash dumping when Cruz showed up here.
No thank you. Send him out on an ice floe.
Just make sure Texas is a frozen wasteland to keep Cruz out of the USA.
Carney should send some kind of delegation down there. You know...nothing official. Just to "talk".
No shot this will actually happen, but I support it. Fuck this country
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I find it hilarious that this made its way to CBC. Usually they don't stir the international politics pot like this.
California Washington Oregon and Hawaii are in too and I don’t want to debate about Hawaii because we need to band together for protection from this evil regime standing alone isn’t an option at this time
At that point it's blue America with a bit of Canada attached, though. At least by population.
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Let me know if that's gonna happen so I can move to MN real quick
Honestly, Canada takes Minnesota and the great lake state, and the east and west coasts form their own countries might not be the worst outcome in 10 years or so.
I’m in. I love hockey, politeness, and poutine. I can handle winter and cold. I already know the anthem in English and French, because hockey. And I hate the Leafs.
And I hate the Leafs.
You could have just said this part and I’d fully support you as a citizen.
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Out of the fire, into the frying pan?
My first thought. Would their politics shift right or are Manitoba and the PC only right-wing in the context of Canada?
Minnesota has about 4x the population of Manitoba, by the way.
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The most left wing of the US is still right of anything in Canada.
Minnesota voted 47% for Trump last election. It would be the most right-wing province in Canada if it joined. No thanks.
I did not know that Minnesota was that populated.
I mean, it's not. Unless you live in Manitoba.
Hah, or the rest of Western Canada. At 5.8 million it has more people than either British Columbia or Alberta. Although it is close.
I'm in Texas and have been looking into Manitoba, and can assure you based on their parties alone that it's "only right-wing in the context of Canada" 100%.
I have no idea what adding Minnesota would do though, it would completely change politics in the area even if it was its own province, never mind the US actually allowing that to happen.
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In the purely hypothetical situation where Minnesota joined Canada, it would most likely become its own province.
If Minnesota goes, I bet Wisconsin would be soon to follow after recent events.
There's be some rivalry between Wisconsin and Québec regarding who makes the best cheese curds.
If Québec would be open to making poutine with deep-fried cheese curds, it could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
With both fried cheese and fried potatoes you could call it Poutine deux frite.
I've been to Quebec. They'll poutine ANYTHING. There are so many variations on the theme, nobody would bat an eye at that.
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Nah, Wisconsin is too purple, sadly. This is the state, after all, that voted for the semi-sentient bucket of pig shit named F. Ron Johnson over Russ Feingold. Maybe Douglas County and blue parts of LaCrosse could sneak in there with Minnetoba undetected, though.
Scott Walker was a real piece of shit too if I recall correctly.
I don't think Wisconsin is as purple as it initially appears. It's just that the Republicans have managed to get a real stranglehold on that state.
Putin wouldnt mind some US states fragmenting and joining canada so maybe he'll allow trump to allow it. It'd cause more carnage in American politics.
100% Fuck No!
There are way too many Americans that will not adapt to Canadian culture. Even on the left there is heavy "American exceptionalism" brainwashing and they love guns and Jesus way too much.
Remember that 1/3 of Americans wanted to do something other than Trump. 2/3rd wanted him or didn't give a shit enough to vote.
If Americans want a better life, they can move to Canada.
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I have a trade offer for Canada. America gets Alberta, Canada gets New England, Mid-Atlantic, Pacific, and Puerto Rico.
Canada will take California as well
That’s part of the Pacific.
I should have been more spacific.
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Out of all the States, Minnesota is one of the few I'd have almost zero objection to welcoming in. "Minnesota Nice" and "Canadian Polite" are closely related (but somewhat different).
Sadly, it will never happen. Adding a province requires re-opening the Constitution, and that's not going to happen. (If you're too young to remember, look up the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords)
Minnesota is already honorary Canadian and in my opinion, always has been.
Constitutions are made up by people and people can change them. All you need to do is either get everyone to agree, or make sure the people who don't agree can't stop you. Trump chose the latter, and has completely ignored and dismantled the US constitution. Whatever comes out the other side is going to be very, very different. I'm not saying that we should do that. But in the face of an existential threat like that, I don't think it's beyond reason that we could, in fact, get everyone to agree. It's amazing how staring mutual death and dissolution in the face can change the bitterest of rivalries into if not perfect alignment, at least a functional working relationship. Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
Please take Maine too!
If you haven’t watched this beauty, please do. It’s hilariously accurate on Minnesotan communication, and I believe many of our Canadian brethren will identify with it. Might even help our chances of getting in.
Thanks, PBS!
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