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Isn't it time to repeal the U.S. and Canadian border yet? We share the longest and most peaceful border in the world.
It's time to also be able to move and work freely between those two nations without any need to obtain citizenship and green card just like EU nations.
Canada should be like a US State, and USA should be like a Canadian province, yet still different nations.
The countries are very different, in many ways, so why would either side want to become one? This doesn't mean we are not friends, we can't get along and we can't support each other. There are reasons why the countries are separate. If you are not a felon, or have any police record, it is very easy to go back and forth from one country to the other. Let's let it be, just the way it is..
Open the border and in ten years Canada would
look like parts of Detroit - a ghost town.
The border isn't there to
keep Americans out of Canada - it's there to keep Canadians IN Canada.
Canada has 35 million people receiving services. According to their own bean
counters they need 60 million to keep things solvent. They don't have enough
Canadians even with immigration. Tax rates will rise and if they had the
option, they would split.
I'm sorry, but that post doesn't make a lick of sense. We're not prisoners here.
Furthermore, where would we split TO? The quality of life here is very, very good. We'd go someplace worse? Why?
Some of you are missing the point completely... Which is that you should be able to drive to/from USA and Canada just like you can drive from Ohio to Indiana or Ontario to Quebec, without having to stop and be harassed by someone along the way.
What is the difference between driving from Maine to New Hampshire and Maine to New Brunswick? There isn't. What is the difference between driving from Washington to Oregon or Washington to British Columbia? There isn't. So why should you get harassed on one border and not the other?
There is no good reason to support the current border checkpoints. Literally none.
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Most differences are probably not visible at first glance, but in the various systems...
What about currency? Can one pay with Canadian dollars in Michigan or with US dollars in Ontario?
Isn't it time to repeal the U.S. and Canadian border yet? We share the longest and most peaceful border in the world.
It's time to also be able to move and work freely between those two nations without any need to obtain citizenship and green card just like EU nations.
Canada should be like a US State, and USA should be like a Canadian province, yet still different nations.
I agree with you that the border is the longest and most peaceful border in the world but so I have to ask why you want to repeal it! I do even know how you can repeal a border lol but on a more serious note:
It's time to also be able to move and work freely between those two nations without any need to obtain citizenship and green card just like EU nations. I believe the USA started to tighten the border with Canada in the last 10 years because they felt that the Canadian government does not take the threat of terrorism as seriously as the US government (the Canadians will disagree). At the same time, Canadians are probably shocked at the tolerance of illegal aliens by the American government. Until these problems are resolved I do not think any border progress can really be achieved.
Canada should be like a US State, and USA should be like a Canadian province, yet still different nations. I am not sure but how a country can be like a state or a province???
Americans love liberty - and the Second Amendment is the guarantor of liberty.
Without it, the rest of the constitution is virtually meaningless.
Absolutely. All other countries that don't want every man, woman and child armed to the teeth are clearly suffering under crushing tyranny.
When will gun nuts grow up and stop perverting "liberty" as a good thing, turning it into something that's only of interest to religious nutjobs and gun fetisists?
Indeed, freedom of expression and many other things we have come to take for granted are a lot much more important than guns, especially in cities, where most people live...
Just curious. Do you advocate the same for crossing the U.S./Mexico borders?
Yes
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