As a Canadian, I'm just pleased that the 54'40 or bust sentiment seems to have mostly passed for the time being. I don't care if they belong to the UK or not, what I care about is whether they think we belong to them.
I've got your Manifest Destiny right here buddy.
However I have seen American pundits on TV making jokes about just taking over Canada and making it the 51st state, which is beyond ridiculous from a simple practical standpoint. (Go on, I dare ya, try to morph all the provincial governments into one. I'll be sitting by with popcorn.)
The thing that makes me nervous is that the sentiment seems to be that there is no point because we are basically the same culture anyway.
As someone who used to work at a call centre that was entirely American incoming calls, take it from me:
Americans and Canadians:
Are. Not. The. Same.
If you want some reasons how this is the case, check out my Canada day post here.
Hey look, there's a streetsign, I'm on tangent boulevard. How nice;-D
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I've got your Manifest Destiny right here buddy.
However I have seen American pundits on TV making jokes about just taking over Canada and making it the 51st state, which is beyond ridiculous from a simple practical standpoint. (Go on, I dare ya, try to morph all the provincial governments into one. I'll be sitting by with popcorn.)
The thing that makes me nervous is that the sentiment seems to be that there is no point because we are basically the same culture anyway.
As someone who used to work at a call centre that was entirely American incoming calls, take it from me:
Americans and Canadians:
Are. Not. The. Same.
If you want some reasons how this is the case, check out my Canada day post here.
Hey look, there's a streetsign, I'm on tangent boulevard. How nice;-D