# Should a Yankee be elected to Canada's Parliament? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 6, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185 "2025-03-06T00:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/1 "2025-03-06T00:26:45Z")
There’s an election coming up. There’s currently at least one Yankee sittting in the House of Commons: Andrew Scheer. Are there any others? Should any Yankee be in the House of Commons when we’re fighting a trade war with the Yankees? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/2 "2025-03-06T00:31:32Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Should any Yankee be in the House of Commons when we’re fighting a trade war with the Yankees? I suppose it makes it _slightly_ less likely that Trump will send a missile to Ottawa. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/3 "2025-03-06T00:59:30Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Should any Yankee be in the House of Commons when we’re fighting a trade war with the Yankees? I don’t think any Yankee should be in the House of Commons, just as I don’t think any Canuck should be in the US House of Representatives or Senate. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/4 "2025-03-06T01:07:18Z")
What’s his batting average? ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/5 "2025-03-06T01:10:28Z")
If that Yankee is a Canadian citizen, I think that should be all right! Just because the person was born in the U.S. shouldn’t disqualify that person. If that Yankee renounced American citizenship and took Canadian citizenship I think that would be very honourable. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/6 "2025-03-06T01:16:31Z")
He wasn’t born in the US. He’s an American citizen because his father is one. ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/7 "2025-03-06T01:20:39Z")
Well, isn’t he a Canadian because he was born in Canada? Should he renounce his American citizenship to remove any taint of an American connection? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/8 "2025-03-06T01:23:25Z")
> [@rippingtons\_fan](#): > > If that Yankee is a Canadian citizen, I think that should be all right! Let me re-phrase it: should a person who owes allegiance to the United States of America sit in the House of Commons during a trade war with the United States? Will he vote to support Canada, or the United States? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/9 "2025-03-06T01:24:15Z")
There have been about two dozen Canadian-born members of Congress. > **[List of foreign-born United States politicians](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign-born_United_States_politicians)** > > This is a list of United States politicians who were born outside the present-day United States, its territories (the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), and its outlying possessions. This list does not include politicians from the Philippines (such as Resident Commissioners of the Philippines), which was held under various forms of government as an American territory from 1898 to 1946 before be... ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/10 "2025-03-06T01:24:48Z")
I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a trade war, exactly. Dispute, certainly. You act as if the Cheeto-Faced Shit Gibbon is going to nuke Ottawa at any moment. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/11 "2025-03-06T01:27:54Z")
He’s said that the border is artificial, should be erased, and that the US should annex Canada by economic force. Tariffs are just the opening salvo. The Wall Street Journal has referred to Trump’s plans as the “Dumbest Trade War in History”. Of course, he immediately called the Wall Street Journal a failing liberal rag. > **[Opinion | The Dumbest Trade War in History](https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tariffs-25-percent-mexico-canada-trade-economy-84476fb2)** > > Trump will impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for no good reason. ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/12 "2025-03-06T01:28:39Z")
If I was related by birth to an American and I was born a Canadian citizen and in the Canadian House of Commons, I’d make it perfectly clear that my loyalties are with Canada and renounce my dual citizenship. I think that would be a proper thing for this “person born of Yankees” to do. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/13 "2025-03-06T01:34:11Z")
Nah. I believe you have made it clear that you won’t take back Ted Cruz, so fair’s fair. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/14 "2025-03-06T01:35:48Z")
If you’ve really _got_ to elect a Yankee to Canada’ Parliament, I suppose Derek Jeter would be the least objectionable. I’d make Alex Rodriguez take a drug test first. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/15 "2025-03-06T01:36:22Z")
Hey, pot’s completely legal up here! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/16 "2025-03-06T01:37:59Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a trade war, exactly. Trump says he’s doing this to force Canada to surrender its independence. That’s a trade war. Let’s accept reality. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/17 "2025-03-06T01:38:21Z")
I have no information whatsoever about the person you’re referring to, but I have to assume he’s much smarter and more knowledgeable about state affairs than our POTUS, so I fail to understand why you wouldn’t want him around. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/18 "2025-03-06T01:39:24Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Let’s accept reality. Agreed. The reality is that the United States is a hostile nation. ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/19 "2025-03-06T01:42:18Z")
Canada should never let its guard down and acknowledge this direct threat to its sovereignty and national independence. Trump is the enemy, pure and simple. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185/20 "2025-03-06T01:45:40Z")
Right; my bad. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185.md?page=2)