After Iraq?
Guess who's next?
Should Canada become the 51st American state? Four out of 10 Americans answered "sure" in a recent poll conducted by Leger Marketing of Montreal. While 38 per cent of respondents said they would be "in favour of Canada being annexed to the United States," 49 per cent disagreed. Another 13 per cent said they did not know or refused to answer.
But those who follow Canada-U.S. relations closely said Canadians should not panic. "I wouldn't worry about the army coming," said Christopher Sands, director of the Canada Project for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
"I don't think there's any manifest-destiny thinking much in the United States anymore. People don't want to just acquire territory." Sands said he was somewhat puzzled by the "high minority" of Americans who said Canada should be annexed. However, he speculated the responses were an indication of goodwill and welcome towards Canadians should the government ever decide on its own that it wants to join the United States.
For those who don't get it - this is a joke. That said, I wouldn't be averse to a peaceful USA-Canada merger. Of course, as I blogged
some time ago, the Canadians may have other plans. Witness this
illustration from a Canadian children's textbook: