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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Feb 22, 2025, 03:30 PM Feb 22

LTE: Consider benefits of Washington as part of Canada [View all]

By Bill Lider / Herald Forum

While Donald Trump opines on the ludicrous idea that Canada should become the 51st state, what about Washington state becoming the 11th province of Canada?

While Trump is serious in his illegal fever dreams of annexing Canada, Greenland, Gaza, and any other county he can bully, I am being purely facetious. But consider this:

The Oregon Treaty of 1846 with Great Britian gave the United States sovereignty over the Washington territory. Canada, the successor to this treaty, has the same legal right to reclaim Washington state as its own, as we do to reclaim the Panama Canal by reneging on our 1977 treaty with Panama.

Washington shares a 300-mile contiguous border with Canada making transit to and from our state a matter of simply crossing an imaginary line. You wouldn’t even need a passport to drive to Point Roberts or the north end of Ross Lake.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/herald-forum-consider-benefits-of-washington-as-part-of-canada/

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