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Canada will never be 51st state

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17.03.2025

Kevin Grabb

I’m Canadian. Painfully so, even. My "outs" and "abouts" might not sound quite right to some. I am but one member of the wide, diverse and inclusive world of waygook-dom. It’s a tag shared by many. I have friends from all over the world on this peninsula we call home. But there’s something that has been heavy on my mind recently.

I’ll get to the point: U.S. President Donald Trump’s proclamations about my country. No, not the tariffs. It’s more insidious than that, if one could believe that were possible. I'm talking about his “51st state” remarks. Trump has been declaring publicly and loudly that Canada should be the newest addition to his country. “Canada only works as a state. They drew an artificial line through Canada and the U.S. and it makes no sense," he said. Instead of prime........

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