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Old 10-14-2002, 02:10 PM
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MONTREAL (CP) - Should Canada become the 51st American state? Four out of 10 Americans answered "sure" in a recent poll conducted by Leger Marketing of Montreal.

While 38 per cent of respondents said they would be "in favour of Canada being annexed to the United States," 49 per cent disagreed. Another 13 per cent said they did not know or refused to answer.

But those who follow Canada-U.S. relations closely said Canadians should not panic.

"I wouldn't worry about the army coming," said Christopher Sands, director of the Canada Project for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.

"I don't think there's any manifest-destiny thinking much in the United States anymore. People don't want to just acquire territory."

Sands said he was somewhat puzzled by the "high minority" of Americans who said Canada should be annexed. However, he speculated the responses were an indication of goodwill and welcome towards Canadians should the government ever decide on its own that it wants to join the United States.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Should Canada become the 51st American state? Four out of 10 Americans answered "sure" in a recent poll conducted by Leger Marketing of Montreal.
"Three out of 10 answered 'yep', two answered '42', and one answered 'Ozzy Roolz!'."
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Aren't they already a state? Oh no - just Montreal is a state - right?

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To save transition costs, we'll just invert their current flag to create their official State one.

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I don't want Quebec.

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I'll take Windsor though.
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I don't want Quebec.
You know you're Living in Quebec if...

You can't order a drink at the bar because those French pricks pretend they can't understand you

You can take bets with your friends on which English neighbor will move out next

Other provinces basically bribe you to stay in Canada

NON-smokers are the outcasts

You can blame all your problems on the "Anglo *******s"
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I'll take Windsor though.
Why am I not surprised......
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I'll take Windsor though.
Why am I not surprised......
Because I have mentioned it before? Or perhaps you have been there and know the charms of which I speak?
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I don't want Quebec.
You know you're Living in Quebec if...

You can't order a drink at the bar because those French pricks pretend they can't understand you

You can take bets with your friends on which English neighbor will move out next

Other provinces basically bribe you to stay in Canada

NON-smokers are the outcasts

You can blame all your problems on the "Anglo *******s"
http://thesurrealist.co.uk/priorart.cgi?ref=Quebec

It's really just a fridge magnet...
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