It’s been just about a year since U.S. President Donald Trump started his on-again-off-again musings about annexing Canada.

Shortly after those comments came to light, something curious started to happen on my social media feeds: wedged in between the usual messages were ads for hats and T-shirts advocating for Alberta to become the 51st state.

At the time, I figured it was because I click on all sorts of things for work. But as time went on, I noticed social media would rarely serve me ads for apparel expressing Canadian patriotism and national unity.

How curious.

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With Canadian political leaders continually expressing concerns about foreign interference in domestic politics, I doubt they had this kind of insidious messaging in........

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