A commentary by a resident of Mount Vernon, Washington

I was born in Seattle, which makes me an American citizen.

My parents were born in the United States, but I have grandparents on one side who emigrated from Norway and great-great-grandparents on the other who emigrated from Scotland and Ireland.

I would venture to guess that many Canadians have a similar story: Ancestors not too far removed who emigrated to Canada. That is something we share.

Whether we were born in the U.S. or in Canada, our families left home to make a better life for their children and grandchildren.

Some of us ended up below the 49th parallel and some of us just north.

That said, I have been coming up to Canada all my life. It started when........

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