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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

I mean, you definitely don't speak for all of us, there, although you've worded it that way.

Anyway, the real obstacle is that they legally can't leave the US.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

And they can't legally join either. The Canadian constitution would need to be amended and ratified by at least seven provinces representing over half the population. That is never going to happen. Not for an American state that's far to the right of Canada politically (ie, any American state).

Canada decides whether a new province is let in. Not Americans.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure Hawaii, at least, would vote red and orange.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 1 points 7 hours ago

They were 37% Trump voters in 2024, so I wouldn't bet on it.

Besides, I think it'd be unfair to the Turks and Caicos Islands, who are at the head of the "tropical Canadian island province" queue if they want it. Hawaii should wait its turn.