“Canada never, ever will be part of America in any way, shape or form,” said Canada’s new prime minister-in-waiting, Mark Carney, after winning the race to lead the country’s Liberal party. Carney’s message was a response to repeated statements from Trump in the past few months that he wanted Canada to become part of the US, and for the border between the two to be erased.
There is historical precedent to the idea of this specific land grab. Since its founding, the United States has frequently expressed an interest in merging with its northern neighbour.
Even before the United States had been formed, article 11 of the precursor to the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, stated that: “Canada … shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this union.”
