# U.S. plans to invade Canada

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 1, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-plans-to-invade-canada/152193 "2003-02-01T23:59:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-plans-to-invade-canada/152193/21 "2003-02-16T01:01:14Z")

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As I recall, the common suggestion is that the provinces west of Ontario and the Yukon Territory go to the U.S., Ontario becomes its’ own country, Quebec its’ own country, the Maritine Provinces form as a country, and the Far North is seized by everyone.

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**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-plans-to-invade-canada/152193/22 "2003-02-16T03:55:34Z")

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> \*Originally posted by John W. Kennedy \*  
> \*\*Hell, there was talk about the US annexing most of Canada as recently as the 1970’s – by Canadians. A lot of folks in the western provinces back then were saying that if Quebec seceded, they’d rather become 'Murcans than stay with a country that would have become (as far as they were concerned) a joke.  
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This talk was revived in the early '90s when the Meech Lake accord collapsed. The Plains provinces were making the most noise, but nobody seemed to take any of it too seriously.

– Beruang

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-plans-to-invade-canada/152193/23 "2003-02-16T13:20:36Z")

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I think much of the talk arose in the early 60s, with people being confused between “Kennedy” and “Canada.”

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