Source: Town Hall
by Larry Elder
“Mark Carney, the new prime minister of Canada, called the idea of Canada becoming America’s 51st state ‘crazy’. This assumes President Donald Trump was serious, as opposed to Trump taking a whack at former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In his acceptance speech, Carney said, ‘The Americans want our resources, our water, our land, our country … if they succeed, they will destroy our way of life.’ As to the Canadian way of life, a 2023 poll by the Canadian Angus Reid Institute found Canadians for the most part embrace it: ‘Overall, four-in-five Canadians (78%) say their country is a caring society, just one-in-three Americans say the same (36%). Nine-in-ten north of the 49th parallel say they live in a safe country (89%), while half as many — two-in-five (43%) — say this to the south. Further, 62% in Canada say their country contributes positively in world affairs, while 39% of Americans say this.'” (05/08/25)