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President Donald Trump wants to make Canada a U.S. state. Quite separate from the indecency of making such demands, his proposal that Canada become a single U.S. state is an insult and a demographic absurdity. Five of Canada’s 10 provinces have greater populations than the eight smallest U.S. states. The country of Canada has a larger population than all but one of the U.S. states.
In all fairness, if Canada were to join the U.S. it should come in as 10 states, with 20 U.S. senators and a bushel of U.S. representatives. That would bring reform to our dreary politics. Heck, we might even get universal health care!
Jerry Dupont
Kaneohe
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