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To: LindyBill who wrote (70759)	2/1/2003 3:43:36 AM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

No part of Canada will ever join the States, IMO. My math says your going to need our water in about 20 years. The troops will just be gettin' home from Iraq and will be looking for something else to do. :) Paul@CoolArticWaterRUs.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (70759)	2/1/2003 7:14:05 AM
From: Condor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

No part of Canada will ever join the States, IMO. 70,000 posts ago I might have disagreed with you. C

To: LindyBill who wrote (70759)	2/1/2003 9:14:06 AM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

LB, As an expatriate bluenoser (thats Nova Scotia :-), the situation is Canada is more complex than seen from Ontario or the US. The 4 Atlantic provinces are poor and fear a breakup more than the rest of the country. During the heydey of the separatists in Quebec - plans were drawn up to look at all alternatives - including statehood. The separation of Quebec would leave them isolated (think East Pakistan) and probably unable to survive. The real kicker of the statehood study was the probability that the US would say no (after all why would we want such a poor region?). John